Fiddler on the Roof movie - If I Were a Rich Man lyrics
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If I Were a Rich Man<br>
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[TEVYE]<br>
"Dear God, you made many, many poor people.<br>
I realize, of course, that it's no shame to be poor.<br>
But it's no great honor either!<br>
So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?"<br>
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If I were a rich man,<br>
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.<br>
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.<br>
If I were a wealthy man.<br>
I wouldn't have to work hard.<br>
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.<br>
If I were a biddy biddy rich,<br>
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.<br>
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I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen,<br>
Right in the middle of the town.<br>
A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below.<br>
There would be one long staircase just going up,<br>
And one even longer coming down,<br>
And one more leading nowhere, just for show.<br>
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I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and ducks<br>
For the town to see and hear.<br>
(Insert)Squawking just as noisily as they can. (End Insert)<br>
And each loud "cheep" and "swaqwk" and "honk" and "quack"<br>
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,<br>
As if to say "Here lives a wealthy man."<br>
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If I were a rich man,<br>
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.<br>
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.<br>
If I were a wealthy man.<br>
I wouldn't have to work hard.<br>
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.<br>
If I were a biddy biddy rich,<br>
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.<br>
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I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife<br>
With a proper double-chin.<br>
Supervising meals to her heart's delight.<br>
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock.<br>
Oy, what a happy mood she's in.<br>
Screaming at the servants, day and night.<br>
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The most important men in town would come to fawn on me!<br>
They would ask me to advise them,<br>
Like a Solomon the Wise.<br>
"If you please, Reb Tevye..."<br>
"Pardon me, Reb Tevye..."<br>
Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes!<br>
And it won't make one bit of difference if i answer right or wrong.<br>
When you're rich, they think you really know!<br>
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If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack<br>
To sit in the synagogue and pray.<br>
And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall.<br>
And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men, several hours every day.<br>
That would be the sweetest thing of all.<br>
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If I were a rich man,<br>
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.<br>
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.<br>
If I were a wealthy man.<br>
I wouldn't have to work hard.<br>
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.<br>
(Delete)If I were a biddy biddy rich,<br>
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man. (End Delete)<br>
(Insert) Lord who mad ethe lion and the lamb,<br>
You decreed I should be what I am.<br>
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan?<br>
If I were a wealthy man. (End Insert, End Song)<br>
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[Thanks to John Mohler for corrections]<br>
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