Hunk a Hunk a Burning Hanukkah

Five years ago the theme for Elizabeth's Crazy Little Thing in December was "Hunk a Hunk a Burning Hanukkah" and I wrote this for that show. Happy Hanukkah, folks!

Hunk a Hunk a Burning Hanukkah 

Lord almighty,
flames from the candles are rising 
Higher higher
for eight nights we'll bask in the glow 

Twirl, twirl, twirl 
Watching the dreidel gyre 
The children are playing 
Which way will it go? 

Our gifts we will admire
Eat latkes hot from the deep fryer 
Light up the evening sky
with the Menorah 

Ooh, ooh, ooh,
Our feelings of joy are arising 
Blessings we're naming 
After all grateful we're alive 
Thriving, thriving, thriving 
And nothing can daunt us
We know how to take a joke 
We laugh, feel fine 

'Cause we live for something higher 
Eat latkes hot from the deep fryer 
Light up the evening sky
with the Menorah 

Love coming closer
Family embraces for everybody 
Judas Maccabee
we will remember on this day 
Love being free
Share our way of believing 

Lord almighty,
We're all going to have our say 
'Cause we live for something higher 
Eat latkes hot from the deep fryer 
Light up the evening sky
with the Menorah
with the Menorah
Candles burning Menorah 

It's a hunk a hunk a burning Hanukkah
Join our hunk a hunk a burning Hanukkah
Loving that hunk a hunk a burning Hanukkah 
Bless our hunk a hunk a burning Hanukkah
For eight days a hunk a hunk a burning Hanukkah 
Latkes for a hunk a hunk a burning Hanukkah
Oh joy, a hunk a hunk a burning Hanukkah 


Elizabeth Harper
To the tune of Elvis Presley's "Burning Love"