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Bigger Gedaliah Goomber

by Suki & Ding

on Uncle Moishy Live (2008)

Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Double, double, triple pay
Won't make me work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
It's Shabbos Kodesh

I'm big Gedalia Goomber, I'm not exactly small
But really not so very big, just seventeen feet tall
I'm really rigged for working, for that I'm very fit
Six days a week I'm at it, and on the seventh day I quit

Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Double, double, triple pay
Won't make me work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
It's Shabbos Kodesh

I once helped raise a building, and on the 100th floor
I was carrying a load of bricks, an easy ton or more
And here it's late on Friday, I knew I'd have to stop
So I yelled, "watch out below!", and let the whole thing drop

Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Double, double, triple pay
Won't make me work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
It's Shabbos Kodesh

At driving a locomotive, I thought I'd take a crack
I had the throttle wide open, zooming down the track
And here it's almost Shabbos, the sun's about to set
So I dove into a mudhole, and the train is running yet

Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Double, double, triple pay
Won't make me work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
It's Shabbos Kodesh

I worked down in a coal mine, and lost myself alright
I couldn't tell the days apart, because there was no light
So I set myself to digging, just as fast as you may please
And I popped up in an hour, where the people speak Chinese

Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Double, double, triple pay
Won't make me work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
It's Shabbos Kodesh

I worked at Cape Kennedy, and things were going right
A great big rocket ship was set, on the launching site
And here it's getting dark, Shabbos was coming soon
So I pushed the starting button, and spent Shabbos on the moon

Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Double, double, triple pay
Won't make me work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
It's Shabbos Kodesh

I turned to deep-sea diving, and took an awful chance
On a sunken steamer's deck, I got caught by my pants
And trapped beneath the ocean, I couldn't set me free
But I went home for Shabbos, and dragged the boat with me

Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Double, double, triple pay
Won't make me work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
It's Shabbos Kodesh

I once was on a baseball team, Shomer Shabbos was its name
The score was zero zero, in this exciting game
Then I was up to bat, and shabbos was coming soon
So I hit that ball so very hard, it landed on the moon

Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Double, double, triple pay
Won't make me work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
It's Shabbos Kodesh

I dress my best on Shabbos, three meals I feast me fine
I make a royal Kiddush on a barrel full of wine
And when I sing my Zmiros, for a thousand miles they know
That I'm enjoying Shabbos, for Hashem has told us so

Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Double, double, triple pay
Won't make me work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
It's Shabbos Kodesh

Once to split the atom with effort I had learned
Suddenly there was a blast! Boy did I get burned
Everyone was worried but the doctors I did tell
"That by keeping Shabbos Holy I would soon be fit and well!
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
Double, double, triple pay
Won't make me work on Saturday
Ain't gonna work on Saturday
It's Shabbos Kodesh