A blessing on your head
Mazeltov, mazeltov
To see a daughter wed
Mazeltov, mazeltov
And such a son in law
Like no one ever saw
The Tailor
Motel Kamzoil
Motel?
A worthy boy is he
Mazeltov, mazeltov
Of pious family
Mazeltov, mazeltov
They named him after my
Dear uncle, Mordecai
The Tailor
Motel Kamzoil A Tailor?
She must have heard wrong
She meant a Butcher!
You must have heard wrong
Grandma
There's no Tailor
You mean the Butcher
Grandma
By the name of
Lazar Wolfe
No!
I mean a Tailor, Tevye
My great grandchild
My little Tzeitel
Who you named for me
Motel's bride
Was meant to be
For such a match I prayed
Mazeltov, mazeltov
In heaven it was made
Mazeltov, mazeltov
A fine upstanding boy
A comfort and a joy
The Tailor
Motel Kamzoil
But we've announced
It already
We made a bargain
With the Butcher!
But we announced it,
Grandma!...
To our neighbors
We made a bargin,
Grandma,
With the Butcher,
Lazar Wolfe
No... !
So you announced it
Tevye
That's your
headache
But as for Lazar Wolfe
I say to you
Tevye
That's your headache too
A blessing on your house
Mazeltov, mazeltov
Imagine such a spouse
Mazeltov, mazeltov
And such a son in law
Like no one ever saw
The Tailor
Motel Kamzoil
It was the Butcher
The Tailor, Motel Kamzoil
It was Lazar Wolfe
The Tailor, Motel Kam...
Shah! Shah!
Look! Who is this?
Who is this?
Who comes here?
Who, who, who who
Who, who, who...?
What woman is this
By righteous anger shaken?
Could it be?
Sure!
Yes, it could!
Why not?
Who could be mistaken?
It's the butcher's wife
Come from
beyond the grave
It's the butcher's dear
Darling, departed wife
Fruma Sarah, Fruma Sarah
Fruma Sarah, Fruma Sarah
Fruma Sarah, Fruma Sarah
Fruma Sarah, Fruma Sarah
Fruma Sarah, Fruma Sarah
Fruma Sarah, Fruma Sarah...
What is this
About your daughter
marrying my husband?
Yes, her husband
Would you do this
to your friend
and neighbor, Fruma Sarah?
Fruma Sarah
Have you no consideration
For a woman's feelings?
Woman's feelings
Handing over my belongings
To a total stranger?
Total stranger
How can you allow this, how?
How can you let
Your daughter take my place
Live in my house
Carry my keys
And wear my clothes
Pearls... how?
How can you allow your
Daughter to take her place?
Pearls, House
Pearls, Keys
Pearls, Clothes
Pearls, How?
Such a learned man as
Tevye wouldn't let it happen
Let it happen!
Tell me that it isn't true
And then I wouldn't worry
Wouldn't worry
Say you didn't
Give your blessing
To your daughter's marriage
Daughter's marriage
Let me tell you what would
Follow such a fatal wedding
Fatal wedding!
If Tzeitel marries
Lazar Wolfe
I pity them both
She'll live with him
Three weeks
And when three weeks
Are up
I'll come to her by night
And take her by the throat
And this I'll give your Tzeitel
That I'll give your Tzeitel
This I'll give your Tzeitel
Oh....
That's my wedding present
If she marries Lazar Wolfe... !
Instrumental
A blessing on my head
Mazeltov, mazeltov
Like Grandma, Tzeitel said
Mazeltov, mazeltov
We'll have a son in law
Like no one ever saw
The Tailor
Motel Kamzoil
We haven't got the man
Mazeltov, mazeltov
We had when we began
Mazeltov, mazeltov
But since your Grandma came
She'll marry what's his name
The Tailor, Motel Kamzoil
The Tailor, Motel Kamzoil
The Tailor, Motel Kamzoil
The Tailor, Motel Kamzoil
Thank you!