IF I WERE A RICH MAN

Fiddler on the roof

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.

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.
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, 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,
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.
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If I were a rich man, dai -----dle dee -----dle dai ------dle

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dig ----guh, dig -----guh, dee ---dle, dai ----dle dum. All day long I´d bid ---dy, bid ----dy bum,
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if I were a weal -------thy man. Would --n´t have to work hard,

dai -----dle, dee ------dle, dai -----dle , dig ----guh, dig -------guh dee -----dle, dai -------del dum.
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If I were a bid ----dy, bid ----dy rich, dig -----guh, dig ----guh dee -----dle dai -----dle dum.
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I´d build a big tall house with rooms by the doz -------en
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right in the mid -------dle of the town. A fine tin roof with
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real woo --- den floors be -------------low. There could be one long stair ----case
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just go ------ ing up and one e --------ven lon ------ger com --- ing down. And
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one more lea -----ding no----where just for show. I´d fill my yard with chicks and

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tur -----keys and geese and ducks for the town to see and hear. Squawk -ing just as
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nois --------i ---------ly as they can. And each loud quack and cluck and
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gob --------ble and honk will land like a trum ----pet on the ear. as
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if to say here lives a weal ---thy man. If I were a rich ----man,

dai -----dle dee -----dle dai -----dle dig -----guh, dig -----guh dee ----dle, dai ------dle dum,
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All day long I´d bid ---dy bid ----dy bum, if I were a weal ----thy man.

Would ---n´t have to work hard, dai -------dle, dee -------dle, dai -------dle,
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dig -------guh , dig --------guh, dee ------dle, dai -------dle dum. Lord who made the
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li-------on and the lamb, You de -------creed I should be what I am,

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would it spoil some vast e -----ter --nal plan, if I were a weal -thy man.

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