A Jewish filk inspired by watching the Clam Chowder DVD we picked up and then reading a recent post by Gnomi. TTO: Running Down to Cuba (as sung by Clam Chowder) I have a girl named Havannah Gilah Way me boys for Cuba! She only runs with the bachurim with milah An we're running down to Cuba! Chorus: On a Kosher Cruise we are bound away! Way me boys for Cuba! Rise for hashkamah at the breaking of the day And we're running down to Cuba! I love to dance with my Havannah Gilah Way me boys for Cuba! It's a shame that she's shomeret n'giah And we're running down to Cuba! CHORUS I met her in the ballroom for a glass of tea Way me boys . . . Just my little Havannah, 20 aidim , and me And we're running down I asked my Havannah to be my g'verette Way me boys . . . But she told me it wouldn't be ba'sheret And we're running down . . . CHORUS (feel free to add verses) Glossary: bachurim = Young men milah = short for brit milah , circumcision hashkamah = Refers to a minyan (prayer group) that meets at the ealiest possible time for the recitation of the morning prayers. shomeret n'giah = observant of the laws prohibitting contact between men and women. aidim = witnesses. Jewish law prohibits a man and a woman not married from each other from being secluded together. g'verette = Lit. woman. Coll. "Mrs." ba'sheret = Intended by God. In Jewish tradition, God intends a particular mate for each person, that person is your "ba'sheret." "Ba'sheret" is also generally applied to something that appears to be chance (especially if negative) but is intended by God because it creates a positive result. (e.g., "It was ba'sheret I was working late, because it meant I was here when you called.")