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[Lee Gold <leeway@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rich Brown <rabbbc@FreeMars.org> and
"ShadoweLover" <shadowe_lover@my_deja.com>
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Happy first day of Hanuka to anyone who reads this.

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I recently read an appeal on the massfilc mailing list
for contemporary songs about real people linked to
Hanuka.  Being in a somewhat dark mood, I did
this one (to an original tune).  

Chorus	Light the lights, sing the songs, eat the lakes,
	Remember the way things used to be.
	I know it's just a minor holiday,
	But Hanukah means a lot to me.

The first night was my grandmother's birthday
Though we weren't sure which year she'd been born.
We'd gather together that evening,
Say the blessings, then sing the birthday song.
She died in nineteen seventy-eight;
It doesn't seem so long ago.
And I tried to be with my mother first night,
And remember grandma as the candles glowed.

	CHORUS

And then back in nineteen ninety-eight
On the second light's day, Mother died..
So now when I light two candles, 
Her yahrzeit candle shines beside.
And I remember the books Mother lent me,
The movies she told me to see,
And there's so many things I'd like to talk about
If she were still here with me.

	CHORUS

The rest of the nights go by quickly,
As they did back when I was a girl.
The candles burn bright as we're singing
Or giving a dreidel a twirl.
Then the candles burn out and it's over--
Until the next night or next year.
As they die, they remind me that someday
There'll be Hanukas when I'm not here.

	CHORUS