Chanukah Rap
Craig Taubman
Many thanks to Craig Taubman for permission to display these lyrics.
© 1995 Sweet Louise Music BMI. All rights reserved.
Craig performs this rap on My Jewish Discovery.
A long, long time ago.
Before baseball and Cheerios
The Jews they lived in a land of peace
Their leader was Mattathias.
But things in Judah were really really bad
You see the Greeks were happy
And the Jews were sad.
Chanukah hu hag tov...
You see the Jews were divided,
It was quite a scene
Between the Hellenists and the Chasidim
With their sports and their games
And their dancing feet
But the Chasidim they preserved the Law
With prayer and study of the precious Torah.
I have a little Dreidl...
But Antiochus he said, "No, no no
These Jewish people, they've just got to go
He sent his armies to the Holy Land
And trouble for the Jews, it soon began.
Maoz Tsur...
But the Jews they wouldn't take this lying down
And Judah, he said he'd come rally 'round
We're gonna form the bands, not the musical kind
We're gonna kick those greeks in their
Be careful. It's a kids song!
So they fought the Greeks heroically
And they boogied to the Temple in jubilee
They cleaned the dirt, took the idols out
And when they were done, they all began to shout.
Nes Gadol Hayah hidee... hi hi and hi de hi ho.
Nes Gadol Hayah hidee... hi hi and hi de hi ho!
