Karaoké If I Were a Rich Man Un violon sur le toit

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 da de ha de ha de ha de da de da de da dum

All day long

I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man

I wouldn't have to work hard ya pa de ha de ha de ha de da de da de da dum

If I were a very very rich yedle-deddle dedle dedle 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

"swaqwk swaqwk swaqwk swaqwk"

Would land like a trumpet on the ears as if to say

"here lives a wealthy man"

Ha if I were a rich man

Ya da de ha de ha boo boo boo da de da de da dum

All day long

I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man

I wouldn't have to work hard ya da de ha de ha de ha de da de da de da dum

If I were a very very rich yedle-deddle dedle dedle 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

Oh what a happy mood she's in

Screaming at the servants day and night

The most important men in town will come to fall on me

They would ask me to advise them

Like Solomon the Wise

If you please, Reb Tevye

Pardon me, Reb Tevye

Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes la-dee-la-re-la-ra

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 seven hours every day

That would be the sweetest thing of all ooh oh

If I were a rich man ya da de ha de ha de ha de da de da de da dum

All day long

I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man

I wouldn't have to work hard ya da de ha de ha de ha de da de da de da bum

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?