Biography:
Abie Rotenberg (Hebrew: ????? ????????) is a prolific Orthodox Jewish musician, composer and entertainer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has been producing music since the mid 1970s with a style which has been described as "soft and sweet" with a strong folk influence.
Rotenberg grew up in Queens, New York surrounded by other up and coming religious Jewish musicians, including Eli Teitelbaum, who directed the first Pirchei boys choir, as well as Rabbi Baruch Chait and Leibel Scharfman who attended yeshiva with him.
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This is the first song off Abie Roteneberg's Journeys 1 album from 1984.
[Intro]
Eb Ab Eb Bb Fm Ab
[Verse 1]
Eb Ab Bb Eb
The sun is going down, it's shining through the trees,
Ab Bb Ab
Another week's gone by, become a memory,
Eb Ab Bb Eb Ab
So throw away your hammer, there's nothing left to do,
Bb Eb Ab Bb
Go on home and find the gift, that's waiting there for you.
[Chorus]
Eb Bb Ab
Oh, its time to say Good Shabbos, 'cause all your work is done,
Bb Eb
Gonna spend the day together with the Holy One,
Bb Ab
Say a special blessing on a cup that's filled with wine,
Eb
Man and his creator it's a very special sign.
[Verse 2]
Ab Bb Eb
Your candles will be burning, they'll fill your home with light,
Ab Bb Eb
Singing songs of Shabbos, well into the night,
Ab Bb Ab
So throw away your hammer, there's nothing left to do,
Bb Eb Ab Bb
Go on home and find the gift that's waiting there for you.
[Chorus]
Eb Bb Cm Ab
Oh, its time to say Good Shabbos, 'cause all your work is done,
Bb Eb
Gonna spend the day together with the Holy One,
Bb Cm Ab
Say a special blessing on a cup that's filled with wine,
Eb Bb Eb
Man and his creator it's a very special sign.
[Instrumental]
Ab Eb Ab Bb Eb
[Verse 3]
Ab Bb Eb
You can spend time with your family, you'll study and you'll pray,
Ab Bb Eb
Why not wait till after Shabbos, oh, those nails won't run away,
Ab Bb Eb
So throw away your hammer, there's nothing left to do,
Ab Bb Eb Cm Ab Bb Eb
Go on home and find the gift, that's waiting there for you.
[Chorus]
Bb Eb Bb Cm Ab
Oh, its time to say Good Shabbos, 'cause all your work is done,
Bb Eb
Gonna spend the day together with the Holy One,
Bb Cm Ab
Say a special blessing on a cup that's filled with wine,
Eb Ab Eb Bb Eb
Man and his creator it's a very very very very very very very very very special sign.
[Outro]
Ab Eb Ab Eb
[Intro]
Eb Ab Eb Bb Fm Ab
[Verse 1]
Eb Ab Bb Eb
The sun is going down, it's shining through the trees,
Ab Bb Ab
Another week's gone by, become a memory,
Eb Ab Bb Eb Ab
So throw away your hammer, there's nothing left to do,
Bb Eb Ab Bb
Go on home and find the gift, that's waiting there for you.
[Chorus]
Eb Bb Ab
Oh, its time to say Good Shabbos, 'cause all your work is done,
Bb Eb
Gonna spend the day together with the Holy One,
Bb Ab
Say a special blessing on a cup that's filled with wine,
Eb
Man and his creator it's a very special sign.
[Verse 2]
Ab Bb Eb
Your candles will be burning, they'll fill your home with light,
Ab Bb Eb
Singing songs of Shabbos, well into the night,
Ab Bb Ab
So throw away your hammer, there's nothing left to do,
Bb Eb Ab Bb
Go on home and find the gift that's waiting there for you.
[Chorus]
Eb Bb Cm Ab
Oh, its time to say Good Shabbos, 'cause all your work is done,
Bb Eb
Gonna spend the day together with the Holy One,
Bb Cm Ab
Say a special blessing on a cup that's filled with wine,
Eb Bb Eb
Man and his creator it's a very special sign.
[Instrumental]
Ab Eb Ab Bb Eb
[Verse 3]
Ab Bb Eb
You can spend time with your family, you'll study and you'll pray,
Ab Bb Eb
Why not wait till after Shabbos, oh, those nails won't run away,
Ab Bb Eb
So throw away your hammer, there's nothing left to do,
Ab Bb Eb Cm Ab Bb Eb
Go on home and find the gift, that's waiting there for you.
[Chorus]
Bb Eb Bb Cm Ab
Oh, its time to say Good Shabbos, 'cause all your work is done,
Bb Eb
Gonna spend the day together with the Holy One,
Bb Cm Ab
Say a special blessing on a cup that's filled with wine,
Eb Ab Eb Bb Eb
Man and his creator it's a very very very very very very very very very special sign.
[Outro]
Ab Eb Ab Eb
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