The Chanukah Party

Lyrics

[THE GELLMANS & MR. STOPNICK] Oh, Chanukah, oh, Chanukah Oh, dreidel and menorah We celebrate it even though It isn't in the Torah Talmud barely mentions it The way they kept that candle lit Sages in their colloquies Say bupkes 'bout the Maccabees And how with very little fuss They routed King Antiochus [THE GELLMANS & MR. STOPNICK, spoken] Antiochus! Pooh! [THE GELLMANS & MR. STOPNICK] Who cares what all the sages say? We celebrate it anyway! Chanukah, oh, Chanukah From Astrakhan to Panama All along that isthmus We're celebrating Chanukah Especially in America! [GRANDMA GELLMAN] A whole week more than Christmas! [ROSE] You may think it's December But, Noah, dear, remember Tonight is Kislev Twenty-Five [THE ADULT GELLMANS & MR. STOPNICK] And every single Jew alive Oy Noahleh, oy bubaleh Oy vontzeleh, oy pishkeleh Sings happy, happy Chanukah Especially in America! America, America, God shed His grace on thee Where every Jew's a Maccabee And crowned thy good with brotherhood And bade our blessings multiply [THE ADULT GELLMANS & MR. STOPNICK, NOAH, spoken] Mi kamocha ba-eilim Adonai> Mi kamocha ne-e-dar (Baruch ata adonai, eloheinu melech ha'olam) Ba-ko-desh? (Asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav) No-ra t'hilot o-se fe-le (Vitzivanoo l'hadlich ner, shel Chanukah) No-ra t'hilot o-se fe-le Omayn [CAROLINE, spoken] Give that liver salad a toss Watch the goose, don't let it dry Spoon them jars of applesauce And put them pancakes in the fry If you don't fry 'em right away They start turning gray [NOAH, spoken] Know why they're fried in chicken fat? [EMMIE, spoken] To crisp 'em up [CAROLINE, spoken] Noah, scat You's bothering us, you's underfoot [NOAH, spoken] To symbolize the Temple Oil [CAROLINE, spoken] Dot, don't let the gravy boil Noah, scoot, I got no use for you tonight [EMMIE, spoken] How about the goose? Does that mean something? [NOAH, spoken] That's just food [ROSE] Noah, out! It's very rude To bother people when they're busy [ROSE, spoken] You aren't needed in here Is he? [CAROLINE, spoken] No, he ain't [ROSE] Go on, don't pout Go on, out, and see our friends He never listens! [MR. STOPNICK] The South is in a mighty frenzy [ROSE] Time to bring the latkes out! Noah, tell them food is coming [MR. STOPNICK] Wait and see! The old world's ending! Negroes marching! Change is coming! Down with the filthy capitalist chazzerim! [ROSE] Come and visit with Grandpa Stopnick All the way from New York City [MR. STOPNICK] Just like we predicted back in the thirties All the Negroes got to do now Is stop this nonsense about nonviolence [GRANDMA & GRANDPA GELLMAN] Scary, scary, such a tzimmes Negroes in Louisiana Aren't like in Mississippi Not as mad as Alabama Anyway, is this the way To talk on Erev Chanukah? Let's not dwell on ugly things Let's thank God for the joys He brings Watch the colored candles melt Spin the dreidel for Chanukah gelt [GRANDMA GELLMAN] Let's be merry [GRANDPA GELLMAN] Let's be funny [GRANDMA GELLMAN] Noah, look! [GRANDPA GELLMAN] It's chocolate money! [GRANDMA & GRANDPA GELLMAN] Let's wish our Negro neighbors well [MR. STOPNICK] And may Bull Connor roast in hell [THE GELLMANS & MR. STOPNICK] Bull Connor! Pooh! [GRANDMA & GRANDPA GELLMAN] But tonight, let's just forget [GRANDMA GELLMAN] Stuart, play your clarinet