The Easter Song

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[Verse 1]
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Easter time is here again and it’s the day we celebrate
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The morning that the Easter Bunny rises from the grave
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And if he sees his shadow then it’s six more weeks of winter
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If he doesn’t see it, everyone gets Cadbury Crème Eggs
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And he never sees his shadow, thank the Lord

[Verse 2]
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Moses and the Hebrews never celebrated Easter
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They were busy building pyramids and matzoh for the Greeks
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So that night they set the Pharaoh’s clocks ahead one hour
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And they all escaped, and that’s why we put colored eggs in baskets
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With jellybeans and neon plastic grass

[Verse 3]
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Plus there was that final supper with the twelve Apostles
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But the word in Aramaic for “apostles” is “apeeps”
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And that is how they got the name for those marshmallow treats
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So every time you eat those little yellow chicks and bunnies
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You actually are swallowing Apostles

[Verse 4]
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So that’s the Easter story even though we didn’t mention
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Anything about the burning bush or chocolate-covered Popes
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You might want to do a bit more research on the details
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‘cause in truth I mostly slept my way through Sunday school
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But at least I’m pretty sure that’s how it goes