Yiddish Lyrics

> Ikh bin a kleyner dreydl
> Gemakht bin ikh fun blay
> To lomir ale shpiln
> In dreydl eyns tsvey dray
>
> Oy, dreydl, dreydl, dreydl
> Oy, drey zikh, dreydl, drey
> To lomir ale shpiln
> In dreydl eyns un tsvey
>
> Un ikh hob lib tsu tantsn
> Zikh dreyen in a rod
> To lomir ale tantsn
> A dreydl-karahod
>
> Oy, dreydl, dreydl, dreydl
> Oy, drey zikh, dreydl, drey
> To lomir ale shpiln
> In dreydl eyns un tsvey

Translation

I am a little dreydl
I am made out of lead
Come let us all play
At dreydl -- one two three

Oh dreydl, dreydl, dreydl,
oh spin dreydl spin.
So let all of us play
at dreydl, one and two.

And I love to dance,
to twirl in a circle.
Come let us all dance
a dreydl-round-dance.

(Translation from
http://www.eirelink.com/alanking/hanukah.htm)