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Thread #41943   Message #607742
Posted By: Joe Offer
11-Dec-01 - 04:09 AM
Thread Name: Happy C/Hanukkah! (plus songs)
Subject: The Latke Carols (Shelley Posen)
Aha! I found them. They're by Shelley Posen, the "Songfinder" of Sing Out! Magazine and a very important member of the Finest Kind.
-Joe Offer-


THE LATKE CAROLS
By Shelley Posen

First Carol
Tune: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

We eat potato latkes on Channuka each year
With apple sauce or sour cream they quickly disappear
So have another helping as the dish goes round, and cheer,

CHORUS Oh, latkes to eat and enjoy, to enjoy
Oh, latkes to eat and enjoy,


Come light the festive candles, the party to being
Eat latkes by the dozen while the merry dreydls spin
The snow shines bright and cold outside white we are warm within.
CHORUS

I have a little dreydl, I made it out of clay
And when it's dry and ready my dreydl I shall play
These words are from another song, let's sing them anyway.
CHORUS



Second Carol
Tune: Sans Day Carol (Oh, the holly bears a berry..~~~)

Oh, my mother fries her latkes in Crisco or shmaltz
They are always a hit both with kids and adults

CHORUS: And the Jews they fought for freedom with Judah Macabe
And the best food of Channuka it is the latke, latke, latke
And the best food of Channuka it is the latke.


Oh, my mother grates potatoes with one onion small
Flour, salt, and baking powder, then eggs bind them all
CHORUS

Oh, my mother eats her latkes with applesauce fine
But I prefer sour cream and sugar on mine.
CHORUS

Oh, my mother makes latkes that we all do praise
And the small cruse of oil lit the Temple eight days.
CHORUS