Ханукальная песня

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Hanukkah O Hanukkah
(to the tune of "Hanukkah O Hanukkah")

Hanukkah O Hanukkah
A holiday of war
First we kill a couple Greeks
And then we kill some more

Invited in by Hellenists
Who hated being Jews
They brought their filthy idols
And tightened the screws

chorus:
They call us
Fanatics
For we fight for truth and the Lord

Stupid Antiochus
Sent soldiers here to choke us
Because he didn't think we'd raise a sword

Stupid Antiochus
Sent soldiers here to choke us
And now they've all been killed by the sword.

Hanukkah O Hanukkah
The festival of light
The flames of our fanaticism
Still are burning bright

'Cause Judaism's never been
Some airy fairy thing
Made up of nothing more than
The songs that we sing

chorus:
It's truth and
It's wisdom
It's following God's holy plan

To sanctify the world
Man and woman, boy and girl
And to do just the best that we can

To sanctify the world
Man and woman, boy and girl
By obeying the laws He commands

Hanukkah O Hanukkah
A savage celebration
Of blood and death and war
That saved the soul of our nation

The Maccabees knew compromise
With Hellenism's dreck
Would kill us just as surely
As a sword through the neck

chorus:
Although they
Were farmers
They learned to be soldiers mighty fast

Despite what they became
We still venerate their name
'Mongst the heros of Israel's past

Despite what they became
We still venerate their name
For their valor was never surpassed