If I Were A Rich Man (Fiddler On The Roof 屋顶上的提琴手) - Milton Greene
Dear God You made many many poor people
I realize of course that it's no shame to be poor
But it's no great honor either
So what would have been so terrible
If I had a small fortune
If I were a rich man ya ha deedle deedle
Didle didle 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 didle
Didle deedle deedle dum
If I were a biddy biddy rich yidle
Diddle didle didle man
I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen
Right in the middle of the town
A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
There would be one long staircase just going up
And one even longer coming down
And one more leading nowhere just for show
I'd fill my yard with chicks
And turkeys and geese and ducks
For the town to see and hear
Walking just nosely as i can
And each loud 'Cheep'
And 'Swaqwk' and 'Honk' and 'Quack'
Would land like a trumpet on the ear
As if to say"Here lives a wealthy man"
If I were a rich man ya ha deedle deedle
Didle didle 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 didle
Didle deedle deedle dum
If I were a biddy biddy rich yidle
Diddle didle didle man
I see my wife my Goldie
Looking like a rich man's wife
With a proper double chin
Supervising meals to her heart's delight
I see her putting on airs
And strutting like a peacock
Oy what a happy mood she's in
Screaming at the servants day and night
The most important men in town
Would come to fawn on me
They would ask me to advise them like a Solomon the Wise
If you please Reb Tevye
Pardon me Reb Tevye
Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes
And it won't make one bit of difference
If I answer right or wrong
When you're rich they think you really know
If I were rich I'd have the time that I lack
To sit in the synagogue and pray
And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall
And I'd discuss the Holy books with the learned men
Several hours every day
That would be the sweetest thing of all
If I were a rich man ya ha deedle deedle
Didle didle 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 didle didle
Deedle deedle dum
Like make a lie make a lie
You don't cry should be that i lie
Would you for you some fest turn fly
If I were a weathy man
