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
DAIDLE DEEDLE DAIDLE
DIGGUH DIGGUH
DEEDLE DAIDLE DUM
ALL DAY LONG
I'D BIDDY BIDDY BUM
IF I WERE
A WEALTHY MAN
I WOULDN'T HAVE TO
WORK HARD
DAIDLE DEEDLE DAIDLE
DIGGUH DIGGUH
DEEDLE DAIDLE DUM
IF I WERE
A BIDDY BIDDY RICH
DIGGUH DIGGUH
DEEDLE DAIDLE 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 COULD 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
SQUAWKING
JUST AS NOISILY
AS THEY CAN
AND EACH LOUD
QUACK AND CLUCK
AND GOBBLE AND HONK
WILL LAND LIKE
A TRUMPET ON THE EAR
AS IF TO SAY
HERE LIVES
A WEALTHY MAN
OY
IF I WERE A RICH MAN
DAIDLE DEEDLE DAIDLE
DIGGUH DIGGUH
DEEDLE DAIDLE DUM
ALL DAY LONG
I'D BIDDY BIDDY BUM
IF I WERE
A WEALTHY MAN
I WOULDN'T HAVE TO
WORK HARD
DAIDLE DEEDLE DAIDLE
DIGGUH DIGGUH
DEEDLE DAIDLE DUM
IF I WERE
A BIDDY BIDDY RICH
DIGGUH DIGGUH
DEEDLE DAIDLE MAN
I SEE MY WIFE MY GOLDE
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
WILL COME TO
FAWN ON ME
THEY WILL 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
RA DI RA DI RA RA
AND IT-A
WON'T-A MAKE-A
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
SEVEN HOURS EVERY DAY
THAT WOULD BE
THE SWEETEST THING
OF ALL
UH OY
IF I WERE A RICH MAN
DAIDLE DEEDLE DAIDLE
DIGGUH DIGGUH
DEEDLE DAIDLE DUM
ALL DAY LONG
I'D BIDDY BIDDY BUM
IF I WERE
A WEALTHY MAN
I WOULDN'T HAVE TO
WORK HARD
DAIDLE DEEDLE DAIDLE
DIGGUH DIGGUH
DEEDLE DAIDLE DUM
LORD WHO MADE
THE LION AND THE LAMB
YOU DECREED
I SHOULD BE
WHAT I AM
WOULD IT SPOIL SOME
VAST ETERNAL PLAN
IF I WERE
A WEALTHY MAN