[ti:If I Were A Rich Man - Fiddler On The Roof]
[ar:The London Theatre Orchestra]
[00:00.10]If I Were A Rich Man - Fiddler On The Roof - The London Theatre Orchestra
[00:02.87]Oh lord you made many many poor people
[00:07.43]I realize of course that it's no shame to be poor
[00:12.28]But it's no great honor either
[00:15.58]So what would have been so terrible
[00:18.55]If I had a small fortune
[00:23.08]If I were a rich man
[00:30.57]All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
[00:34.11]If I were a wealthy man
[00:38.09]Wouldn't have to work hard
[00:45.42]If I were a biddy biddy rich
[00:49.39]Idle-diddle-daidle-daidle man
[00:53.07]I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen
[00:59.42]Right in the middle of the town
[01:02.79]A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
[01:09.12]There would be one long staircase just going up
[01:13.99]And one even longer coming down
[01:17.57]And one more leading nowhere just for show
[01:24.48]I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese
[01:30.36]And ducks
[01:31.60]For the town to see and hear
[01:34.49]Squawking just as noisily as they can
[01:40.66]And with each loud cheep swaqwk honk quack
[01:45.28]Would land like a trumpet on the ear
[01:49.08]As if to say
[01:50.88]Here lives a wealthy man
[01:59.95]If I were a rich man
[02:07.60]All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
[02:11.26]If I were a wealthy man
[02:14.01]I wouldn't have to work hard
[02:22.62]If I were a biddy biddy rich
[02:26.47]Idle-diddle-daidle-daidle man
[02:30.35]I'd see my wife my golde
[02:35.33]Looking like a rich man's wife
[02:37.62]With a proper double-chin
[02:40.75]Supervising meals to her heart's delight
[02:47.02]I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock
[02:52.64]What a happy mood she's in
[02:55.74]Screaming at the servants day and night
[03:03.99]The most important men in town will come to fawn on me
[03:10.09]They will ask me to advise them
[03:13.83]Like a solomon the wise
[03:17.57]If you please reb tevye
[03:20.79]Pardon me reb tevye
[03:24.86]Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes
[03:38.93]And it won't make one bit of difference
[03:42.57]If I answer right or wrong
[03:46.45]When you're rich they think you really know
[03:54.41]If I were rich I'd have the time that I lack
[04:00.71]To sit in the synagogue and pray
[04:04.33]And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall
[04:10.98]And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men
[04:16.53]Several hours every day
[04:19.39]And that would be the sweetest thing of all
[04:31.27]If I were a rich man
[04:38.84]All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
[04:42.64]If I were a wealthy man
[04:45.51]I wouldn't have to work hard
[04:53.86]Lord who mad the lion and the lamb
[04:58.06]You decreed I should be what I am
[05:01.78]Would it spoil some vast eternal plan
[05:07.19]If I were a wealthy man