Lyrics

By Water Or By fire

© 2025 Issachar Tal van Kekem

Rabbi Yitschàk… and rabbi Yehudàh were walking
And, being rabbis, they did not stop talking…

Rabbi Yehudàh said:
“The sinners in Hell are punished either by fire or by water.
Therefore, also, Sedòm and the Flood!”
Rabbi Yitschàk agreed:
“For twelve months the Pools get deeper and the skins get hotter:
The sinners drown continuously or boil in their own blood!”

Chorus:
The sinners in hell! No “saving bell”!
The fire is burning and all is well!

After twelve months, the Angel of Mercy raises them up,
And sits them at the Gate of Hell, as a warning for arriving inmates
God’s holy Purgery will never know an Admission Stop
In every generation there will forever be more ingrates…

Chorus:
The sinners in hell! No “saving bell”!
The fire is burning and all is well!
The sinners in hell! No “saving bell”!
The fire is burning and all is well!

The Purgery’s veterans plead for their replacement,
Begging not to make them too suffer and dree.
The Holy Blessed One Himself , in effacement,
Comes their purity and compassion to see,
And, satisfied, commands to set their souls free!

Chorus:
The sinners in hell! No “saving bell”!
The fire is burning and all is well!
The sinners in hell! No “saving bell”!
The fire is burning and all is well!
The sinners in hell! No “saving bell”!
The fire is burning and all is well!