Chanukah Song Sheet

1. O Chanukah O Chanukah

Folk melody

English: F. Minkoff

Hebrew Verse: E. Indel= man

English:

O Chanu= kah O Chanukah, Come light the menorah

Let’s have a party= , we’ll all dance t= he hora

Gather = round the table, we’ll give you a treat

Dreydel= s to play with and latkes to eat

And whi= le we are playing, the candles are burning low

One for= each night, they shed a sweet light to remind us of days long ago (2x)

Yiddish:

Oy Chan= ukah oy Chanukah a yontif a sheiner

A lusti= ker a freylicher nito noch a zeyner

Alle na= cht in dreydlech shpiln mir

Zudik h= esse latkes essen mir

Geshvin= der tsindt kinder di Chanukah lichtelech on

Zol yeder bazunder bazingen = dem vunder un tantzen freylech

in kohn (2x)

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2. Mi Y’Maleil?/Who Can Retell?

Hebrew: Music by Menashe Ravina; words: unknown

English: B.M. Edidin, = Judith K. Eisenstein and others

Mi y’maleil g’vu-rot Yisraei= l? Otan mi yim-neh?

Hein b<= span lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>’chol dor ya-kum ha-gi-bor go-eil ha-am

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Who can= retell the things that befell us? Wh= o can count them?

In ev’ry age a hero = or sage came to our aid (repeat)

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Sh’ma! Bayamim ha= -heim bazman hazeh

Makabi = moshia ufodeh

Uv-yami= nu kol am Yisraeil, yit-acheid yakum l’hi-ga-eil.

3. Al Hanisim

Words: Chanukah Liturgy: Sof= rim 20:8

Music: Dov Frimer=

Al hani= sim v’al hapurkan v<= span lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>’al hag’vurot v’al hat-shu-ot<= /p>

V’al hamilchamot she-asita lavoteinu bayamim hahem bazman hazeh.

4. Ocho Kandelikas

= ; Ladino - by Flory Jagoda

1. Chanukah linda sta aki, ocho kandelas para mi (2x)

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Chorus:

O --- Una kandelika, dos kandelikas, = tres kandelikas, kuatro kandelikas sintyu

kandelikas, sej kandelikas, siete kandelikas, ocho kandelas para mi

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2. Muchas fiestas vo fazer, kon alegriyas y plazer (2x) Chorus

3. Los pastelikos vo kumer, kon almendrikas y la myel (2x) Chorus

5. Light One Candle

= ; words and music by= Peter Yarrow

Light one candle for the Maccabee children. Give thanks that their light didn<= span lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>’t die.

Light one candle for the pain they endured when their = right to exist was denied.

Light one candle for the terrible sacrifice justice and freedom demand.

Light one candle for the wisdom to know when the peace= maker’s time is at h= and.

Chorus:

Don’t let the light go out.

It’s lasted for so many years.

Don’t let the light go out.

Let it shine = through our love and our tears.

Light one candle for strength that we need to never be= come our own foe.

Light one candle for those who are suffering the pain = we learned so long ago.

Light one candle for all we believe in, let anger not = tear us apart.

Light one candle to bind us together with peace as the= song in our heart. Chorus=

What is the memory that’s valued so highly that we keep alive in that flame.

What’s the commitment to those who have died when we cry out “They’ve not died in vain.”

We have come this far always believing that justice wi= ll somehow prevail.

This is the burden and this is the promise and this is= why we will not fail. Chorus=

6. Hanerot Halalu

Chorus:

Ya-ba-bim-bam, bim-bam, bim-bam, bim-bam, bim-bam, bim-bam, bim bam

Hanerot halalu, anachnu madlikin

Al hanisim v’al hat-shuot, v’al hamilchamot

She-asita la-avoteinu bayamim hahem baz’man hazeh

Al y’dei ko-hanecha

Ko-hanecha ha-k’doshim. Chorus=

V= ’chol sh’monat = y’mei Chanukah

Hanerot halalu, hanerot halalu kodeshem

7. Chanukah Chanukah

Folk Melody

Vers= e: L.Kipnis

Chanukah, Chanukah, chag yafe kol kach

Or Chaviv misaviv, gil l’yeled rach.

Chanukah, Chanukah, s’vivon sov sov

Sov sov sov, sov sov sov,ma na-im va-tov.

8. I Have = a Little Dreidel

Music: Samuel Goldfarb/ 50’s Rock version: Michael Gelbart

Verse: S.S. Grossman

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I have a little dreidel, I made it out of clay,

And when it’s dry and ready, then dreidel I shall play

O dreidel, dr= eidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay,

And when it’s dry and ready, then dreidel I shall play.=

My dreidel’s always playful

It loves to dance and spin

A happy game of dreidel, come play now let’s begin. Chorus

9. S'vivon=

    Folk Song

    Verse: L. Kipnis<= /o:p>

S= ’vivon, sov sov sov! Chanukah hu chag tov. <= /span>

Chanukah hu chag tov. S’vivon sov sov sov!

Chag simcha hu la-am, Nes, Gadol, Haya, Sham

Nes, Gadol, Haya, Sham, Chag simcha hu la-am

10. In the= Window

       Melo= dy: Chasidic

      Words: Jud= ith Kaplan Eisenstein

In the window where you can send your glow

From my menorah on newly fallen snow

I will set you, one (two, etc.) little candle (= s)

On this the first (second, etc.)night of Chanuk= ah

11. Lots of Latkes

      Words and = Music By Cantor Alan Leider

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1. Lots of latkes, lots of latkes, lots of latkes, lots (let's all eat 'em up!) Repeat=

2. S'vivon= sov sov, s'vivon sov sov, s'vivon sov sov, s'vivon sov sov Repeat

3. Maccabee Maccabee, Maccabee Maccabee, Maccabee Macc= abee, Mac-mac-mac-mac-mac-mac-mac mac! Re= peat

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12. C= hanukah Catch ( Round)

       Word= s and music by Steven Richards

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Candles burning all night long, Chanukah, O Chanuka

Judah, Judah Macabee, fought the = Greeks to set us free

Meno-meno, me-no-no-rah, m’= no, m’no, m’no-no rah

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13. N= er Li

       Word= s: L. Kipnis, Music: Daniel Sambursky

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     Ner li, ner li, = ner li d a-kik

    Ba-cha-nu-ka nei-ri ad= -lik

    Ba-cha-nu-ka nei-ri ya= -ir

    Ba-cha-nu-ka shhi-rim = a-shir

    La, la, la, la la̷= 0;..

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    I light my thin little candle on Chanuka

    It will illuminate all= and I shall sing joyous songs

14. Not By= Might, Not By Power

   &nb= sp; (Words and Music by Debbie Friedman)

Not by might = and not by power, but by spirit alone shall we all live in peace. (2x)

The children sing, the children dream, and their tears= may fall, but we’ll hear them

call and another song will rise, another song will ris= e, another song will rise!

15. Ma’oz Tsur

       Hebrew words by Mordechai, 13^th century poet

      English words: Marcus Jastrow, Gustav Gottheil

      Adapted from the German of Leopold Stein

      Ashkenazic melody

Ma-oz tsur y’shu-ati, l’cha na-= eh l’shabei-ach

Ti-kon beit t’filati v’sham to= da n’zabeiach

L= ’eit tachin mat-beiach mi&#= 8217;tzar ham’na-be= i-ach

A= z egmor b’shir mizmor Chanukat ha-miz-beiach (2x)

Rock of ages, let our song praise your saving power.
You amidst the raging foes were our shelt’ring tower.

Furious they assailed us, but your arm availed us.

A= nd your word broke their sword when our own strength failed us (2x)

C= hildren of the Maccabees,whether free or fettered,

W= ake the echoes of the songs, where you may be scattered.

Y= ours the message cheering, that the time is nearing,

Which will see, All men free Tyrants disappearing. (2x)

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16. Judah Maccabee

      (c) Copyright, 1989 by Rabbi Joseph R. Black

CHORUS:
In The window, shining so bright
I can see the Hanukkah Light
And it gives me such a warm, friendly glow
When I think of Judah Maccabee, so long ago

A long time ago, in the land of Modin
Lived a young man named Judah - brave and serene.
When Antiochus the tyrant said the Jews could not be free
He didn't count on Judah - the one called Maccabbee

Now Judah and his brothers said it wasn't right
to take away their freedom - they knew they had to fight
They fought three long years till the kind could take no more
they rebuilt the holy temple, its beauty they restored

Now when the Temple was restored, they searched and searched in vain
for oil to light the lamps, but not enough remained
Except for one small vial, enough to last one day
but instead it burned for eight - they proclaimed a holiday

Tonight we light our lamps, sing our songs and play our games
we remember that great miracle hidden in the flames
And today throughout the world we rejoice that we are free
to carry out the mission of Judah Maccabbee

17. Adam Sandler’s Chanukah Song ( Original Version)

        Certain words changed to make it appropriate for children: by M. Fen= sin

        “Marijuanika” changed to “silly songikah”

       R= 20; gin and tonica” changed to “milk and tonica”

     Time to take out= the Menorah/

Put on your yarmulke, Here comes Chanukah

So much funukah,To celebrate Chanukah

Chanukah is the festival of lights...Instead of one day of presents, we have eight c= razy nights

When you feel like the only kid in town, without a Xmas tree

Here’s a list of people who are Jewish just like you and me

David Lee Roth , lights the menorah

So do Kirk Douglas, James Caan and the late Dinah Shore-ah

Guess who eats together at the Carnegie Deli

Bowser from Sha Na Na and Arthur Fonzerelli

Paul Newma’s half Jewish, Goldie Hawn’s half too

Put them together, what a fine lookin’ Jew

You don’t need “Deck the Hall” or “Jingle Bell RockR= 21;

‘Cause you can spin a dreidel with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock - both Jewish

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Put on your yarmulke, It’s time for Chanukah

The owner of the Seattle Supersonicahs Celebrates Chanukah

O.J. Simpson, not a Jew

But guess who is? Hall of famer Rod Carew-he converted

We got Ann Landers and her sister Dear Abby

Harrison Ford’s a quarter Jewish - not too shabby

Some people think that Ebenezer Scrooge is

Well he’s not, but guess who is --All three Stooges

So many Jews are in showbiz

Tom Cruise isn’t, but I heard his agent is.

Tell your friend Veronica, It’s time to celebrate Chanukah

I hope I get a harmonica, On this lovely, lovely Chanukah

So drink your milk and tonicah, And sing this silly songikah

If you really, really wannakah, Have a happy, happy, happy, happy Chanukah

18. Sing Along Song Chanukah Verses

      Origin= al Melody: S. Rubin; txt: Sinai Reform Temple, <= st1:City w:st=3D"on">Bay Shore, NY

Hanukkah's also called

"The Festival of Lights"

We sing songs and eat latkes

For seven days and nights.

On Hanukkah we celebrate

The Festival of Lights

4 Candles lit on every side

The Shamash burns so bright

On Hanukkah we play a game

And 'dreidl' is its name

There's Nun and Gimel, Hey and Shin

It's in the Hall of Fame.

19. Banu Choshech L’gareish

       Word= s: S. Levi-Tannai

       Engl= ish words: Fanchon Shur

       Musi= c: Emanuel Amiran

Ba-nu cho-shech l’ga-reish

B’ya-dei-nu or va-eish

Kol e-chad hu or ka-tan, v’chu-la-nu or ei-tan
Su-ra cho-shech, hal-ah sh’chor,

Su-ra….mip-nei ha-or

Repeat last two lines

We have come to banish night

Banish it with candle light

All the little candle rays

Join to make a mighty blaze

Banish darkness, banish night

Chanukah is the feast of light

Repeat last two lines

20. Yodelay Do Potato<= /p>
      Peter and = Ellen Allard

I like t= o eat potato latkes

I like to eat them all day.

And when I eat potato latkes, this is what I say:

Yo-dle-lay do potato ( 2x)

Yo-del-lay do potato latkes for me.

Yo-de-lay do po-tato ( 2x)

Yo-dle-lay yo-dle-lay potato.

I like to eat them with applesauce, I like to eat them= all day…

I like to eat them with sour cream, I like to eat them= all day…

I like to eat them in ____, I like to eat them all day…

21. The Chanukiah

   &nb= sp; Jackie Cytrynbaum=

How many candles, how many candles,

How many candles do we light?

On our chanukiah, on our chanukiah,

The first Chanukah night?

One, one, one, one, one, one

One candle burning, one candle burning

The first Chanukah night.

How many candles, how many candles,

How many candles do we light?

On our chanukiah, on our chanukiah

The second Chanukah night

Two, two, two, two, two, two,

Two candles burning, two candles burning

The second Chanukah night.

Repeat for third, fourth, etc. Chanukah nights

22. Latke Ditties ( Each Hanukah We Glorify)

       Word= s: Ben Aronin

       Musi= c: Folk melody “Oh Chanukah, Oh Chanukah”

1.Each Chanukah we glorify Brave Judah Maccabeus

Who had= the courage to defy Antiochus, and free us.

Yet it = is not fair that we should forget

Mrs. Ma= ccabeus, to whom we owe a debt.

She mixed it

She fixed it

She poured it into a bowl

(You many NOT guess

But it was the LATkes

That gave brave Judah a soul)

Repeat last three lines

2.The Syrians said: “It cannot be that old Mattt= hias

   W= hose years are more than 83 will dare to defy us.!”

   B= ut they didn’t know his secret you see

   Mattathias dined on latkes and tea.

One latke

Two latkes

And so on into the night

( You may NOT guess

But it was the Latkes

That gave him courage to fight)

Repeat last three lines

3.Now this is how it came about—this gastronomic wonder

   T= hat broke the ranks of S= yria like flaming bolts of thunder

   M= rs. Maccabeus wrote in the dough

   P= ortions of the Torah and fried them just so.

They shimmered

They glimmered

Absorbing the olive oil

( You may NOT guess

But it was the Latkes

That made the Syrians recoil.)

Repeat the last three lines

4. Now these little latkes brown and delicious

    Must have hit the spot ‘cause with appetites vicious

   A= ll the heroes downed them after their toil

   C= ausing in our temple a shortage of oil.

One latke

Two latkes

And so on into the night

( You may NOT guess

But it was the Latkes

That gave us the Chanukah light)

Repeat the last three lines