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Return to main lyrics page Spin the Dreidel I’ve got a dreidel, not made of clay I got this dreidel so I can play The game called dreidel, you know the one Just spin the dreidel and have some fun It’s got 4 letters, one on each side Nun, gimmel, hey, shin, and they coincide Nes gadol haya sham, have no despair That means a great miracle happened there (CHORUS) 2x Everybody that’s willing and able Dreidel, dreidel, let’s spin the dreidel Hide your books when you’re sitting at the table Come on everybody and let’s spin the dreidel The nun means nits and you go no more Gimmel means gantz and the whole pot score Hey means halb so take half the pot Shin’s shtell-arein, add a few, not a lot You can play with matches or nuts or gelt Just eat all the coins before they melt So, come on everybody and let’s play the game With the playing piece that goes by the very same name (CHORUS) 2x Now Jews play dreidel because it’s fun At first Jews played ‘till freedom was won Antiochus had forbidden the study of the torah All things Jewish even lighting the menorah Jews in the land would study deep in secret A drediel on hand in case they would need it With Syrians near all books were out of sight Just Jews playing dreidel all day and all night (CHORUS) 2x Yo, you got a dreidel I got a dreidel If you want one I’ll share with you So, if you’re willing and able, let’s spin the dreidel Return to main lyrics page

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