There was an old lady, who swallowed some clay,
I don’t know why she swallowed that clay
But she wanted to play!
There was an old lady, who swallowed a stick,
It wasn’t so thick, so she swallowed the stick,
She swallowed the stick to go with the clay,
I don’t know why she swallowed that clay,
But she wanted to play!
There was an old lady, who swallowed some paint,
She felt a bit faint when she swallowed that paint.
She swallowed the paint to go with the stick
She swallowed the stick to go with the clay,
I don’t know why she swallowed that clay,
But she wanted to play!
The old lady swallowed a nun, for a miracle,
She was feeling quite lyrical, swallowing a miracle!
She swallowed the nun to go with the paint,
She swallowed the paint to go with the stick
She swallowed the stick to go with the clay,
I don’t know why she swallowed that clay,
But she wanted to play!
The old lady swallowed a gimmel, that’s great,
It’s nun’s mate, that gimmel that’s great,
She swallowed the gimmel to go with the nun,
She swallowed the nun to go with the paint,
She swallowed the paint to go with the stick
She swallowed the stick to go with the clay,
I don’t know why she swallowed that clay,
But she wanted to play! The old lady swallowed the letter heh,
I really don’t know what to say!
She swallowed the heh to go with the gimmel,
She swallowed the gimmel to go with the nun,
She swallowed the nun to go with the paint,
She swallowed the paint to go with the stick
She swallowed the stick to go with the clay,
I don’t know why she swallowed that clay,
But she wanted to play!
The old lady swallowed the letter shin,
It tickled her from her toes to her chin,
She swallowed the shin to go with the heh,
She swallowed the heh to go with the gimmel,
She swallowed the gimmel to go with the nun,
She swallowed the nun to go with the paint,
She swallowed the paint to go with the stick
She swallowed the stick to go with the clay,
I don’t know why she swallowed that clay,
But she wanted to play!
There was an old lady who had everything
For making a dreidel so she started to sing,
She started to spin, and as she spun round
All kinds of things started hitting the ground:
Out jumped the shin, the gimmel, nun, heh,
Out jumped the paint and the stick with the clay
Here was a dreidel, all ready to play
On Hanukah, for eight joyous days!
Joanie Calem is a folk musician, singer/song-writer, storyteller and inclusion advocate for audiences of all ages. Joanie
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