Tonart: C minor•
Verse 1
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"Dear God, you made many,
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many poor people.
I realize, of course,
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that it's no shame to be poor.
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But it's no great honor either!
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So, what would have been so terrible if
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I had a small fortune?"
Verse 2
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If I were a rich man,
Ya ha
deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
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I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha
deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle- diddle- didle- didle man.
Verse 3
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I'd build a big tall house
with rooms by the dozen,
Right in the middle of the town.
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A fine tin roof with real wooden
floors below.
There would be one long
staircase just going up,
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And one even longer coming down,
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And one more lead ing nowhere,
Verse 4
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I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys
and geese and ducks
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For the town to see and hear.
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And each loud "cheep" and "swaqwk" and
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Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
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As if to say "Here lives a
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wealthy man."
Verse 5
If I were a rich man, Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
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All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
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If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
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If I were a biddy biddy rich,
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Yidle- diddle- didle- didleman.
Verse 6
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I see my wife, my Golde,
looking like a rich man's wife
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With a proper double- chin.
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Supervising meals to her heart's delight.
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I see her putting on airs and
strutting like a peacock.
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Oy, what a happy mood
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Screaming at the servants,
day and night.
Verse 7
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The most important men in town would
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They would ask me to
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advise them,
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Like a Solomon the Wise.
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"If you please, Reb Tevye..."
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"Pardon me, Reb Tevye..."
Posing problems that would cross
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And it won't make one bit of difference
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if i answer right or wrong.
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they think you really know!
Verse 8
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If I were rich,
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I'd have the time that I lack
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To sit in the synagogue and pray.
And maybe have a seat by
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the Eastern wall.
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And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men,
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sev eral hours every day.
That would be the sweetest thing of all.
Verse 9
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If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha
deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle- diddle- didle- didle man.
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