If I Were A Rich Man歌词

[00:04.95]If I were a rich man,
[00:06.52]Daidle deedle daidle
[00:08.07]Daidle daidle deedle daidle dumb
[00:11.31]All day long I'd biddy-biddy-bum
[00:14.60]If I were a wealthy man
[00:18.14]I wouldn't have to work hard,
[00:20.17]Daidle deedle daidle
[00:20.87]Daidle daidle deedle daidle dumb
[00:24.87]If I were a biddy-biddy rich,
[00:28.11]Daidle deedle daidle daidle man
[00:31.00]I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen
[00:37.12]Right in the middle of the town,
[00:40.11]A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below.
[00:45.73]There would be one long staircase just going up
[00:49.85]And one even longer coming down,
[00:53.18]And one more leading nowhere, just for show.
[01:00.37]I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese
[01:06.04]And ducks for the town to see and hear,
[01:09.13]Squawking just as noisily as they can,
[01:14.39]And each loud
[01:15.66]"pa-pa-geeee! pa-pa-gaack! pa-pa-geeee! pa-pa-gaack!"
[01:18.18]Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
[01:21.94]As if to say, "Here lives a wealthy man."
[01:27.96]Oy!
[01:29.32]If I were a rich man,
[01:31.40]Daidle deedle daidle
[01:32.57]Daidle daidle deedle daidle dumb
[01:35.85]All day long I'd biddy-biddy-bum
[01:38.95]If I were a wealthy man
[01:42.33]I wouldn't have to work hard,
[01:44.50]Daidle deedle daidle
[01:45.68]Daidle daidle deedle daidle dumb
[01:49.01]If I were a biddy-biddy rich,
[01:52.13]Daidle deedle daidle daidle man.
[01:55.68]I see my wife, my Golde,
[02:00.03]Looking like a rich man's wife,
[02:02.71]With a proper double chin,
[02:05.74]Supervising meals to her heart's delight.
[02:10.24]I see her putting on airs
[02:13.08]And strutting like a peacock,
[02:14.84]Oy! What a happy mood she's in,
[02:18.06]Screaming at the servants day and night.
[02:23.63]The most important men in town will come to fawn on me
[02:29.53]They will ask me to advise them,
[02:34.02]Like a Solomon the Wise
[02:37.77]"If you please, Reb Tevye?"
[02:40.25]"Pardon me, Reb Tevye?"
[02:45.37]Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes
[02:49.51]Ya va voy, ya va voy voy vum
[02:55.98]And it won't make one bit of difference
[03:00.11]If I answer right or wrong
[03:04.10]When you're rich they think you really know.
[03:10.71]If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack
[03:17.48]To sit in the synagogue and pray,
[03:20.80]And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall,
[03:26.65]And I'd discuss the learned books with the holy men
[03:32.82]Seven hours every day
[03:35.37]That would be the sweetest thing of all
[03:41.74]Oy!
[03:44.21]If I were a rich man,
[03:46.14]Daidle deedle daidle
[03:47.36]Daidle daidle deedle daidle dumb
[03:50.68]All day long I'd biddy-biddy-bum
[03:53.82]If I were a wealthy man.
[03:57.40]I wouldn't have to work hard,
[03:59.52]Daidle deedle daidle
[04:00.38]Daidle daidle deedle daidle dumb
[04:03.85]Lord who made the lion and the lamb,
[04:06.94]You decreed I should be what I am
[04:09.87]Would it spoil some vast, eternal plan,
[04:13.85]If I were a wealthy man?