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I Have A Little Dreidel
in Yiddish with English Characters
Ikh bin a kleyner dreidel, 
Gemakht bin ikh fun blay, 
Lomir ale shpiln 
In dreidel eyns, tsvey, dray. 

Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, 
Gemakht bin ikh fun blay, 
Lomir ale tantsn 
A dreidel eyns, tsvey, dray. 

 
I Have A Little Dreidel in Yiddish 
 
 
 
 
 
Literal Translation
I am a little dreidel, 
I've been made of lead 
Let's all play 
With dreidel, one, two, three 

Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, 
I've been made of lead 
Let's all dance 
A dreidel, one, two three.

Source: J. Mlotek, Jewish Children (N.Y.: Educational Departmen of the Workmen's Circle, 1959)
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