MY DREIDEL

I HAVE A LITTLE DREIDEL 

I have a little dreidel,
I made it out of clay,
And when it's dry and ready
Then dreidel I shall play!

Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel,
I made it out of clay
Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
Now dreidel I shall play

It has a lovely body
With a leg so short and thin,
And when it gets all tired
It drops and then I win!

Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel,
With a leg so short and thin,
Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel,
It drops and then I win.

YIDDISH

Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydl 

Please note: Yiddish version does not match English version

Ikh bin a kleyner dreydl,
gemakht bin ikh fun blay.


Kumt lomir ale shpiln,
in dreydl – eyns tsvey dray.
Oy, dreydl, dreydl, dreydl,
Oy, drey zikh, dreydl, drey.
To lomir ale shpiln,
in dreydl eyns un tsvey.

Un ikh hob lib tsu tantsn,
zikh dreyen in a rod

To lomir ale tantsn,
a dreydl-karahod.
Oy, dreydl, dreydl, dreydl,
oy, drey zikh, dreydl, drey.
To lomir ale shpiln,
in dreydl eyns un tsvey.



Note:
"I Have a Little Dreidel" (also known as "The Dreidel Song" or "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel" or "My Dreidel") is a children's Chanukah song in English which also exists in a Yiddish version called "Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydl", (Yiddish: àéê áéï àÇ ÷ìÖðòø ãøÖãì Lit: I am a little dreidel).
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LYRICS
Samuel S. Grossman (English) Mikhl Gelbart (Yiddish)
MUSIC
Samuel E. Goldfarb (English) Mikhl Gelbart (Yiddish)
SINGER
Various
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER
Shirley Waxman
DANCE FORMAT
Kids

Words transliterated and translated by Gila Ansell Brauner of Jerusalem, Israel.
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