A hat tip to the Irish whose songs rule
I reworded "The Orange and the Green" in honor of my meeting with some amazing people today.
Song: The Orange and the Green
Author: Anthony Murphy
Reworked: Me with footnotes
Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you did ever see
Imma was in Meretz (1), Abba’s Bayit Yehudi (2)
1. Left wing party
2. Right wing party
Oh my father was Sephardic (3) who was born in Eli (4)
My mother from Ramat Aviv (5) and truly Tzehuvi (6)
Love had wiped the politics cleanly from their sights
Till I was born, and then came the first of many fights
3. Arab Jews, tend to be conservative
4. Right wing settlement
5. Left wing area
6. Europeon Jew, tend to be liberal
I was called Ben-Tzion (7) on the eighth day
My father took me to Hebron (8) for the party
That night post-power yoga, said with great aplomb (9)
My mother had a vegan meal and swiftly named me Tom (10)
7. Right wing name
8. Right wing settlement
9. Stereotype of people from Ramat Aviv, power yoga and veganism
10. Left wing name
Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever knew
My father he was orange and me mother she was blue (11)
11. Orange represents the right wing settler movement
12. Blue is the left wing disengagement movement
With Imma to Rabin Square (12), signs in every hand
With Abba to Rabbi Riskin (13), to talk about the land
They both tried to claim me, but I was far too wise
I swiftly sold my opinion for a candy prize
12. Place in Israel known for left wing protests
13. Right wing speaker
When I marched Bennet (14), Abba crowed with joy
Imma loved to march for Gal-On (15), with her precious boy
I only broke away, so I could vote unseen
With my screwed up family, I surely voted green (16)
14. Right wing party
15. Left wing party
16. Party promoting marijauna use
Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you would ever see
My Imma is in Meretz, Abba’s Bayit Yehudi
Passover Imma’s family came round to visit me
Just as Abba’s cousins were all sittin' down to tea
We tried to smooth things over, but they all began to fight
And me being strictly neutral, I bashed everyone in sight
Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever knew
My father he was orange and me mother she was blue
Now my parents could not agree, it was a blooming shame
And couldn’t even agree on what was my real name
But they made me a family, I learned from every one
Just how to argue, making me their Israeli son