Eight Days of Chanukah with Lyrics Hanukkah Story

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I looked very hard, but could not find the original at Youtube so I reuploaded it. If I find it I'll give credit to the singer and group. I downloaded this 4-5 years ago, though, I did find this online.

Eight Days of Chanukah (CINDY PALEY SINGING)

Original song: "Those Were the Days" is a song credited to Gene Raskin, who put English lyrics to the Russian romance song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" ("Дорогой длинною", lit. "By the long road"), composed by Boris Fomin (1900–1948) original Russian lyrics by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii.

English Chanukah lyrics by S. Gewirtz

Once there was a time we had a Temple
Where every Jew would go three times a year
There we worshipped God in our tradition
Till suddenly a tyrant did appear
Then at Modiin Mattathias told us "Whoever is for God come join our band."
Led by Judah and his faithful brothers
We drove the tyrant from our holy land.
CHORUS: EIGHT DAYS OF CHANUKAH, EIGHT DAYS OF CHANUKAH WE CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT THOSE DAYS IN HISTORY STILL LIVE FOR YOU AND ME LET'S KEEP THE FLAME FOREVER SHINING BRIGHT.
When they came to dedicate the Temple How their hearts were heavy with despair Impurities and idols all around them And just one jar of pure oil was there But with faith in God they cleansed the Temple Kindled that small lamp with hope and love Then the story had a happy ending Eight days of blessed light came from above.