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"Light One Candle"
Song by Peter, Paul and Mary
from the album No Easy Walk to Freedom
PublishedDecember 11, 1982 (1982-12-11)
Released1986
GenreFolk
Length3:04
LabelGold Castle
Songwriter(s)Peter Yarrow

"Light One Candle" is a song by the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. It is a popular Hanukkah song. Peter, Paul, and Mary performed the song in concerts starting in 1982, before recording it for their 1986 studio album No Easy Walk to Freedom.

The lyrics commemorate the war of national liberation fought by the Maccabees against the Seleucid Greek empire from 167 to 141 BCE, a war described in the Books of the Maccabees and commemorated by the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

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