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STAGE TUBE: The Maccabeats' Hanukkah HAMILTON Parody Tells 'The Story of the Lights'

By: Dec. 16, 2016
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'Tis the season of HAMILTON spoofs! The Jewish a cappella group The Maccabeats have just unveiled this year's Hanukkah video - a medley of tunes from the Broadway hit (including "Alexander Hamilton" "You'll Be Back," "My Shot," and "Story of Tonight") with clever new lyrics to celebrate the Festival of Lights.

The musical mega-mix covers the story of Judah Maccabee, the leader of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. If your last brush with Hanukkah was through that one Rugrats episode, or if you need a new song to feed your Hamilton obsession, check out the video!

Here's a sampling of the lyrics:

How does a Hasmonean son of a priest
And a Hebrew, raised in a village with his four brothers,
In a Judean province ruled by pompous king Antiochus,
Under pressure, grow up to be a hero and commander?
When the king came around, we said "this decree's insane, man
We could not observe our laws while living in our own land!
Fight back like your father, don't forget from whence you came,
And we'll call you by a brand new name
What's your name, sir?
Call him Judah Maccabee
The hammer whose aim is true
And we're ready to show the king
We don't owe him a single thing
The world will never be the same!





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