Fiddler on the Roof Page #2

have to make a match for you

before making one for me.

And then after her, one for me.

- So if Yente brings som...

- Yente, Yente, Yente!

Well, somebody has to arrange the matches.

- She might bring someone wonderful.

- Someone interesting.

- Well off.

- And important.

Matchmaker, matchmaker

make me a match.

Find me a find.

Catch me a catch.

Matchmaker, matchmaker

look through your book.

And make me a perfect match.

Matchmaker, matchmaker

I'll bring the veil.

You bring the groom.

Slender and pale.

Bring me a ring for I'm longing to be.

The envy of all I see.

For Papa, make him a scholar.

For Mama, make him rich as a king.

For me, well, I wouldn't holler.

If he were as handsome as anything.

Matchmaker, matchmaker

make me a match.

Find me a find, catch me a catch.

Night after night in

the dark I'm alone.

So find me a match

of my own.

Since when are you interested

in a match, Chava?

I thought you just had

your eye on your books.

And you have your eye on the rabbi's son.

Well, why not? We only have one rabbi

and he only has one son.

Why shouldn't I want the best?

Because you're a girl from a poor family

so whatever Yente brings, you'll take,

right?

Of course right.

Hodel! Oh, Hodel! Have I

made a match for you.

He's handsome, he's young.

All right, he's 62.

But he's a nice man. A

good catch, true, true.

I promise you'll be happy

And even if you're not.

There's more to life than that.

Don't ask me what.

Chava! I found him. Will

you be a lucky bride

He's handsome, he's tall

That is, from side to side.

But he's a nice man A good catch.

Right?

Right.

- You heard he has a temper.

- He'll beat you every night.

But only when he's sober

So you're all right.

Did you think you'd get a prince.

Well, I'll find the best I can.

With no dowry, no money.

No family background.

Be glad you've got a man.

Matchmaker, matchmaker

You know that I'm

still very young.

Please take your time.

Up to this minute I misunderstood

that I could get stuck for good.

Dear Yente, see that he's gentle

Remember, you were also a bride

It's not that I'm sentimental.

It's just that I'm terrified.

Matchmaker, matchmaker

Plan me no plans

I'm in no rush. Maybe I've learned.

Playing with matches a

girl can get burned.

So bring me no ring.

Groom me no groom. Find me no find.

Catch me no catch.

Unless he's a matchless match.

Dear God, was that necessary?

Did you have to make him lame

just before the Sabbath?

Ah, that wasn't nice.

It's enough you pick on me

bless me with five daughters,

a life of poverty.

That's all right, but what

have you got against my horse?

Really, sometimes I think

when things are too quiet up there

you say to yourself

"Let's see. What kind of mischief

can I play on my friend Tevye?"

Aha! So you're finally

here, my breadwinner.

I'll talk to you later.

- So why are you late today?

- His foot went lame.

Well hurry up. The sun won't wait.

And I have something

important to say to you.

- I still have deliveries in the village.

- You'll be late for the Sabbath.

I won't be late.

You'll be late.

I won't be late.

I won't be late!

If you ever stop talking, I won't be late!

You can die from such a man.

As the Good Book says

"Heal us, O Lord, and we shall be healed."

In other words, send us the cure.

We've got the sickness already.

Well, I'm not really complaining.

After all, with your help

I'm starving to death.

Oh, dear Lord!

You made many, many poor people.

I realize, of course, it's

no shame to be poor

but it's no great honor either.

Ahh

So what would have been so terrible

if I had a small fortune?

If I were a rich man.

Yubby dibby dibby dibby

dibby dibby dibby dum

All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.

If I were a wealthy man

I wouldn't have to work hard.

Yubby dibby dibby dibby

dibby dibby dibby dum

If I were a biddy biddy rich.

Idle deedle daidle 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 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.

Squawking just as noisily as they can.

And each loud.

Agay and agoo and aga and a cack.

Will land like a

trumpet on the ear.

As if to say.

Here lives a wealthy man.

Ahh

If I were a rich man.

Yubby dibby dibby dibby

dibby dibby dibby dum

All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.

If I were a wealthy man

I wouldn't have to work hard.

Yubby dibby dibby dibby

dibby dibby dibby dum

If I were a biddy biddy rich.

Idle deedle daidle daidle man

I'd 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'd 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.

Wee YaHaa! Wee YaHaa!

The most important men in town

will come to fawn on me.

They will 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.

Yah dee dee da da

Yah dee da da

Yah dee da da

daa

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.

And that would be.

The sweetest thing of all.

Oi.

If I were a rich man.

Yubby dibby dibby dibby

dibby dibby dibby dum

All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.

If I were a wealthy man

I wouldn't have to work hard.

Yubby dibby dibby dibby

dibby dibby dibby 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?

Tevye, Tevye! Where's your horse?

Well, he decided to take the day off.

- Have a good Sabbath.

- Thank you, Your Honor, thank you.

- Tevye, you're late.

- Where's your horse?

- It's almost the Sabbath.

- You kept us all waiting.

What happened to your horse?

Look at this! Look what

it says in the paper!

- Look, look, look!

- What's the matter, Avram?

Sha! Quiet!

Quiet! Quiet!

Stop braying like a pack of mules,

and let a man talk. Talk, Avram.

Well my paper came to the post office

today like it does every week.

Though usually it comes on a

Thursday, but sometimes

Avram, that's not talking. That's babbling.

- Tell us the news.

- What does it say?

Quiet! Talk, Avram.

Well, I was reading my paper.

It's nothing very important a story

about the crops in the Ukraine

and this and that.

Avram, talk.

And then, I saw this.

All right. We all see it.

What does it say?

"In a village called Rajanka"

all the Jews were evicted

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