The above is the new posting of song parodies (Passover song lyrics) you can use for your Passover (Pesach) seder, which are selections from the Herman Family Haggadah.  They are meant to be light-hearted and in most cases not intended to be funny or excessively silly, and in tune with the seder (pun intended). There were three new songs added for 2015, two new songs for 2016,  two new songs for 2017, one new song for 2018, two new ones for 2019, two new ones for 2020 (posted late due to Covid 19), none for 2021, three new ones for 2022, and now one new one for 2023. You are most welcome to use them at your seder, but please do not redistribute them as is or in any modified form.

These songs have been met with acclaim at Herman Family seders, with comments ranging from  “Irving, another song?” (as one would say to a dentist “Doctor, another cavity?”) to “Do we have to sing ALL of them?”. The new song this year is Joining our Seder. The set of songs includes the “Four Cups of Wine Suite;” the songs start sounder better and better with each progressive cup of wine.  The new songs last year were In My Life,  Sweet Wine-ness, and Wine from a Bottle. The last two can be used for any of the four cups of wine. There are now a total of nine songs that can be used while drinking wine during the seders. (This entire collection is updated annually at the Herman Family Seders.  Each of these new songs will undergo rigorous testing before being posted here (i.e., if the attendees survive hearing a given song, it will be eligible for posting).)

Unless you are a hearty soul, I would suggest starting with low doses of songs, and build up, until you notice side-effects, if any. The new edition has more specific suggestions to help guide the perplexed and a Table of Contents.

The Passover Seder Parody Songbook pdf (click on it above) includes:

Passover  (Tune of “Baby Mama” by Fantasia)

Joining our Seder  (Tune of “(You’re) Having My Baby” by Paul Anka)  New in 2023

Looking for Chametz  (Tune of “Looking for Love – in All the Wrong Places” by Johnny Lee from the movie “Urban Cowboy”)

Don’t Know Why (Tune of “Don’t Know Why” by Nora Jones)

Our Seder Tonight  (short and longer versions) (Tune of “Comedy Tonight” from the musical and movie “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”)

The Tour of the Seder Song  (Tune of “The Toreador Song”)  New in 2020

In My Life (Tune of “In My Life” by the Beatles)  New in 2022

Our Wine Day  (Tune of “One Fine Day” by the Chiffons)

Sweet Wine-ness (Tune of “Sweet Blindness” by Laura Nyro, as sung by her and by the Fifth Dimension)  New in 2022

Wine from a Bottle (Tune of “Time in a Bottle” by Jim Croce)  New in 2022

Our Seder Plan  (Tune of the “Theme from Gilligan’s Island” (Year 1 and 2 version, not later version))

You Belong to Me  (Tune of “You Belong to Me” by the Duprees)

Closing Time  (Tune of “Closing Time” by the Semisonics, and from the movie “Friends with Benefits”)

Believe It or Not, We’re Now Free  (Theme tune from the television show “Greatest American Hero” by Joey Scarbury)

One Fine Day  (Tune of “One Fine Day” by The Chiffons)

One Step and Then the Next  (Tune of “Jungleland” by Bruce Springsteen–Clarence Clemons sax solo)  New in 2019

Time for Us to Go (Tune of “Con Te Partiro” by Andrea Bocelli)     

We’ve Gotta Get Out of This Place  (Tune of “We’ve Gotta Get Out of This Place”  as sung by the Animals)  New in 2017

We Never Ever Say His Name  (Tune of “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” by the George and Ira Gershwin from the movie “Shall We Dance”)

Pharaoh (Tune of “Layla”)   New in 2018

Israel State of Mind  (Tune of “Empire State of Mind” Jay-Z, featuring Alicia Keys)          

Coming Home (Tune of “Coming Home” by Diddy-Dirty Money, featuring Skylar Grey)

Cruel and Not Kind  (Tune of “Cruel to be Kind” by Nick Lowe, and by Letters to Cleo from the movie “10 Things I Hate About You”)

Forget Them  (Tune of “Forget Him” by Bobby Rydell)

Pharaoh Thought He Ruled The World  (Tune of “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay

Sea of Reeds  (Tune of “Fields of Gold” by Sting)

Eatin’ Matzah  (Tune of “Making Whoopie” by Eddie Cantor)

A Bamba  (Tune of ”Havana” by Camila Cabello)  New in 2019

Without My Wine (Tune of “Without a Song” as by Frank Sinatra)

Dine After Wine (Tune of “”Time After Time” as sung by Frank Sinatra)   New in 2016

Pesach Meal  (Tune of “Wagon Wheel” by Darius Rucker, 2013, originally by Old Crow Medicine Show; sketch by Bob Dylan, modified by Ketch Secor)       

Just The Way You Taste Tonight  (Tune of “Just The Way You Look Tonight” as by Frank Sinatra)

I Like My Wine (Tune of “I Love to Love” as by Tina Charles)  New in 2017

Some More Wine (Tune of “On My Own” from musical and movie “Les Miserables)

I Want Another Cup of Wine (Tune of “New York State of Mind” by Billy Joel)

One Last Seder (Tune of “One Last Kiss” from  the musical and movie “Bye, Bye Birdie”)

Yes, Our Seder’s Over Now (Tune of “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”)  New in 2020

Halleluyah (Tune of “Halleluyah: by Chalav oo Dvash–Milk and Honey)