ELIMELECH OF GILHOFEN

(to the tune of Az Di Rebbe Elimelech)

Elimelech of Gilhofen
Drank l'Chaim once too often,
Once to often, and became a trifle gay,
So he put his studies by,
Tipped his cap and crossed one eye,
And he called for his fiddlers to play.

Well, the fiddler took his fiddle,
Put his bow across the middle
And began to fiddle-out a little tune.
When the fiddler, with his fiddle,
Fiddled: Fiddle-diddle-diddle,
Elimelech bounced just like a toy balloon!

Elimelech, feeling frisky,
Took another drop of whisky,
And the tears began to trickle and to flow.
He called each friend and each relation
To his Chanukkah celebration.,
Then he called for his piper to blow.

Well, the piper tweedle-tweeted
And the fiddle, it repeated:
fiddle-diddle, fiddle-diddle, diddle-dee,
When the piper Tweedle-tweeted,
How the fiddle it repeated!
And Elimelech was bedside himself with glee!

O it happened in Gilhofen
Just from drinking thrice too often
And there's only one thing more that can be said;
At your Chanukkah celebration,
Use a little moderation,
Or you'll wind-up with a Dreidel for a head!