The 12 Shvatim
The Twelve Shvatim (The Ants Go Marchin’)
The twelve shvatim are in the desert one by one,
The twelve shvatim are in the desert two by two,.
First there’s Reuven then Shimon, they are heading for our home,
We’re all marching to Eretz Yisrael.
The twelve shvatim are in the desert three by three,
The twelve shvatim are in the desert four by four,
Now there’s Levi and Yehuda they are all b’nai Torah,
We’re all marching to Eretz Yisrael.
The twelve shvatim are in the desert five by five,
The twelve shvatim are in the desert six by six,
Add on Dan and Naftali, they could settle in Galilee,
We’re all marching to Eretz Yisrael.
The twelve shvatim are in the desert seven by seven,
The twelve shvatim are in the desert eight by eight,
I see Gad and Asher they are looking to see what’s there,
We’re all marching to Eretz Yisrael.
The twelve shvatim are in the desert nine by nine,
The twelve shvatim are in the desert ten by ten,
With Yesachar and Zevulun, one will work and one will learn,
We’re all marching to Eretz Yisrael.
The twelve shvatim are in the desert eleven by eleven,
The twelve shvatim are in the desert twelve by twelve,
Now Binyamin and Yosef, Menashe, Efraim were added late,
We’re all marching to Eretz Yisrael.