The Chanukah Song

Album: A Cherry Cherry Christmas (2009)
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  • Put on your yarmulke it's time for Chanukah
    So much funnaka to celebrate Chanukah

    Chanukah is the festival of lights
    Instead of one day of presents
    We get eight crazy nights

    When you feel like the only kid in town
    Without a Christmas tree
    Here's a new list of people who are Jewish
    Just like you and me

    Winona Ryder drinks Manischewitz wine
    Then spins a draydle with Ralph
    Lauren and Calvin Klein

    Guess who gives and receives
    Loads of Chanukah toys
    The girls from Veruca Salt and
    All three Beastie Boys

    Lenny Kravitz is half Jewish
    Courtney Love is half too put them together
    What a funky bad ass Jew

    We got Harvey Keitel
    And flash dancer Jennifer Beals
    Yasmine Bleeth from Baywatch is Jewish
    And yes her boobs are real

    Put on your yarmulka it's time for Chanukah
    2 time Ocsar winning Dustin Hoffmanaka
    Celebrates Chanukah

    OJ simpson still not a Jew but guess who is
    The guy who does the voice for Scooby Doo

    Bob Dylan was born a Jew then he wasn't
    But now he's back
    Mary Tyler Moore's husband is Jewish
    'Cause we're pretty good in the sack

    Guess who got bar-mitzvahed on the PGA tour
    No I'm not talking about Tiger Woods
    I'm talkin' about Mr happy Gilmore

    So many Jews are in the show biz
    Bruce Springsteen isn't Jewish
    But my mother thinks he is

    Tell the world-amanaka
    It's time to celebrate Chanukah
    It's not pronounced Ch nakah
    The C is silent in Chanukah
    So read your hooked on phonica
    Get drunk in Tijuanaka
    If you really really wannaka
    Have a happy happy happy happy Chanukah! Writer/s: KENNY GORELICK, WALTER AFANASIEFF
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Wixen Music Publishing, Word Collections Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Betty Duffy from Millville, NjGreat, funny and appropriate song. Love it!
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