Key: C
Introduction:
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I'm spending Hanukkah
In Santa Monica.
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Wearing sandals,
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Lighting candles
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By the sea.
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I spent Shevuos
In East St. Louis,
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A charming spot
But clearly not
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The spot for me.
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Those Eastern winters,
I can't endure 'em,
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So ev'ry year
I pack my gear
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And come out here
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Till Purim.
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Rosh Hashonah
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I spend in Arizonah,
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Way down in Mississippuh,
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But in December there's just one place for me.
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Amid the California flora
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I'll be lighting my menorah,
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Like a baby in his cradle
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I'll be playing with my dreidel,
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Here's to Judas Maccabeus,
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Boy, if he could only see us,
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Spending Hanukkah
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In Santa Monica
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By the sea.