After days of stone throwing The moderates Said to the stonethrowers To hell with it And walked out of the land Ad the enemy entered And ran through The religious sector Of Jerusalem And said Boo! and Bang! And the remaining fanatics Jumped a mile high And threw off their black clothing And quickly dressed Themselves in total white Right up to the turban And when they bowed low They peeked out to see Who wasn't.
Irwin R. Shaw - May 30th 1982
After days of stone throwing
The moderates
Said to the stonethrowers
To hell with it
And walked out of the land
Ad the enemy entered
And ran through
The religious sector
Of Jerusalem
And said
Boo! and Bang!
And the remaining fanatics
Jumped a mile high
And threw off their black clothing
And quickly dressed
Themselves in total white
Right up to the turban
And when they bowed low
They peeked out to see
Who wasn't.