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Thread #41967   Message #607731
Posted By: Joe Offer
11-Dec-01 - 02:50 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: 'O Hanukkah' (Yiddish & Hebrew words)
Subject: ADD: O Hanukkah (Hebrew)
Well...I was going to say that if there were lyrics to a song in Yiddish or Ladino, it would be unlikely that there would be Hebrew lyrics - but then Mark posted Yiddish lyrics to this one. I found one Hebrew verse in the Rise Up Singing songbook, and one verse in English. I love the tune to this.
-Joe Offer-



O HANUKAH

O Hanukah, O Hanukah, come light the menora
Let's have a party we'll all dance the hora
Gather round the table we'll give you a treat
Shiny tops to play with & pancakes to eat
And while we are playing the candles are burning low
One for each night they shed a sweet light
To remind us of days long ago


Y'me hachanuka chanukat mikdashenu
Gil uv'simcha m'malim et libenu
Laila vayom s'vivonenu yisov
Sufganiyot nochal bam larov
Hairu hadliku nerot Chanuka rabim
Al hanisim v'al hanifla-ot
Asher chol'lu hamakabim

trad. (Hanukah song)
aka: Y'me Hachanuka


Chords:

Dm - A Dm / / F - C F / 1st
Dm - - - F Gm F A / Dm Gm(2x) / Dm A Dm -