[Techiya logo] Here are the lyrics for Techiya's version of the Dreidel song. The music is similar to the traditional tune, with extra emphasis on the second line of each verse.
I have a little dreidel
I made it out of clay
And when it's dry and ready
Oh dreidel I shall play

Chorus:
Oh dreidel dreidel dreidel
I made it out of clay
And when it's dry and ready
Oh dreidel I shall play

I have a little dreidel
I made it out of plastic
If someone steals my dreidel
I'll do something very drastic

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I had a little dreidel
Whose moment of inertia
Was several factors smaller
Than my uncle's yellow Porsche

[chorus]

My brother took my dreidel
He swallowed it, he said
Since I can't spin my dreidel
I'll spin my bro instead

[chorus]

The position of my dreidel
Is quite hard to derive
Its angular momentum
Is certainly .5

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My dear old friend from Harvard
Said no that can't be right
That with 8 bunsen burners
Your Menorah you can't light

I then replied quite quickly
Your knowledge is quite small
For my 8 bunsen burners
Are filled with methanol

[chorus]

My nerdy little dreidel
Said to a course 6-3*
My outcomes are well quantized
I'll do well at MIT

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Oh X-mas decorations
For us are quite extraneous
For X-mas isn't Chanukah
Although they're simultaneous

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Oh Judas Maccabeus
He fought against the Greeks
A drop of oil lasted
For 1.142857142857142857 [SMACK!] 14 weeks

[chorus]

* MIT lingo for a computer science major
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