Careful When You Light the Chanukah Candles

Music: Wann ich des Morgens frueh aufsteh'.
By Ludwig Senfl.
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Careful when you light the Chanukah candles!
Have some water nearby just in case
A candle teeters at some crazy angle,
Not having been quite twisted into place.
Unexpected things can sometimes happen:
Kindling can blow in across a flame
And make of a charade a conflagration,
Holy fire furnished by The Name.

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