As the seder stretched on
and I started to snore,
my Mommy said: "Quick, now!
Go open the door!"
I didn't know
who could be coming right now,
but I stifled a yawn
and I stood up somehow.
I walked to the door
and I opened it wide,
and who do you think
I saw standing outside?
My friend Uncle Eli
with his beard to the floor
was waiting there quietly
next to the door!
His eyes were still twinkling.
His smile still shone bright.
He asked:
"Are you having a good time tonight?"
I wanted to tell him
about all the fun
I'd been having
since this special night had begun.
But just as I opened my mouth to reply,
he was gone, disappeared,
in the wink of an eye!
And I heard my Mom calling:
"Come back in right now!
We already have welcomed in Eliyahu--
"Eliyahu shows up
at our seder tonight
to make sure that
everything's going all right.
He'll answer the questions
we can't figure out.
He'll solve all our problems
and settle our doubts.
He also will taste
from the wine in his cup,
and we hope that this year
he will cheer us all up
by bringing us
happy and wonderful news
of a year full of freedom
in store for the Jews."