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to main lyrics page Spin the Dreidel 2004 Ive 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 Its 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 thats willing and able Dreidel, dreidel, lets spin the dreidel Hide your books when youre sitting at the table Come on everybody and lets 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 Shins 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 lets play the game With the playing piece that goes by the very same name (CHORUS) 2x Now Jews play dreidel because its fun But Jews first played till freedom was won Antiochus had forbidden the study of the torah All things Jewish even lighting the menorah Therefore all study was done in secret With drediel in hand for when they would need it With Syrians near all books were out of sight And Jews played dreidel all day and all night (CHORUS) 2x Yo, you got a dreidel I got a dreidel If you want one Ill share with you So, if youre willing and able, lets spin the dreidel (CHORUS) 2x Return to main lyrics page |