Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song If I Were a Rich Man , by - Fiddler On the RoofRelease date: 04.09.2014
Song language: English
If I Were a Rich Man |
| «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, 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 |
| Yidle-diddle-didle-didle 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 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, 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 |