Fayer, ale yidn, the Fourth of July Dos iz undzer groyser yontef haynt Do zayen yiden fun ale pares fray Haynt bazigt men ale faynt
my fellow Jews, celebrate the Fourth of July Today is our big holiday Here Jews are free from all pharoahs Today we conquer all our enemies
from the video "liner" notes by Samantha Zerin
Zunser viewed his immigration [from Lithuania] to America as "a second Exodus from Egypt," a Biblical analogy one can clearly see in the text to this song. In fact, while the version we sang is incredibly short (35 seconds!), Zunser's original poem, titled "Zman matn kheyruseynu" (The Time of the Giving of our Freedom) had five additional verses, which allowed him to make the contrast even starker:
"From stereotypes of the 'crooked Jew', from curses in the newspapers, From the dark censures, from insulting government officials, From dirty anti-semitism — free!"
(My fellow Jews, celebrate the Fourth of July...)
To this day, [in Europe], the Jews are hated and persecuted; But our Declaration of Independence makes our country different! Our Constitution is sealed with gold!
(My fellow Jews, celebrate the Fourth of July...)"