The song is about making a dreidel and playing with it. It has a lovely body With legs so short and thin And when my dreidel’s tired It drops and then I win! It has a lovely body With legs so short and thin And when it gets all tired It drops and I will win. It has a lovely body With legs so short and thin And when it gets all tired It drops and then I win. I have a little dreidel I made it out of clay And when it's dry and ready Then, dreidel I shall play. Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel I made it out of clay "I Have a Little Dreidel" (also known as "The Dreidel Song" or "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel") is a children's Hanukkah song in the English-speaking world that also exists in a Yiddish version called "Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydl", (Yiddish: איך בין אַ קלײנער דרײדל Lit: I am a little dreidel German: ich bin ein kleiner dreidel).

chorus: Oh - dreidel, dreidel, dreidel I made it out of clay And when it's dry and ready Then dreidel I shall play! I have a little dreidel I made it out of clay And when it's dry and ready Then dreidel I shall play! Well I have a little dreidel I made it out of clay And when it's dry and ready Then, dreidel I shall play. chorus My dreidel’s always playful I have a little dreidel I made it out of clay And when it’s dry and ready Then dreidel I shall play. Lyrics to 'I Have a Little Dreidel' by Barenaked Ladies.

Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel I made it out of clay And when it's dry and ready Then, dreidel I will play. Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel I made it out of clay Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel I made it out of clay Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel Now dreidel I shall play.