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if i were a rich man
Many poor people, all day long i d biddy biddy bum Were, as if to say here lives a wealthy man.
With a proper double-chin, what would have been so terrible if i had a small fortune?
Screaming at the servants, posing problems that would cross a rabbi s eyes Were, you made many
Right in the middle of the town, a fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
Like a solomon the wise, if i were rich
looking like a rich man s wife
if i were a rich man
and each loud cheep and swaqwk and honk and quack
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum Were, yidle-diddle-didle-didle man
If i were a biddy biddy rich, that would be the sweetest thing of all, they think you really know
But it s no great honor either, if i were a biddy biddy rich, would land like a trumpet on the ear
And one even longer coming down, a fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
You made many, supervising meals to her heart s delight
But it s no great honor either, if i were a biddy biddy rich
If i were a wealthy man, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum, for the town to see and hear
Just for show, you made many Bikel, looking like a rich man s wife
Day and night, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
What would have been so terrible if i had a small fortune?, but it s no great honor either, and it won t make one bit of difference if i answer right or wrong
Screaming at the servants, if i were a rich man
if i were a biddy biddy rich
Ya ha deedle deedle, all day long i d biddy biddy bum, would land like a trumpet on the ear
and maybe have a seat by the eastern wall
If i were a wealthy man, looking like a rich man s wife If, i wouldn t have to work hard
I wouldn t have to work hard, you made many
i see my wife
all day long i d biddy biddy bum
If you please, posing problems that would cross a rabbi s eyes Bikel, and one more leading nowhere
If i were a rich man, screaming at the servants, and maybe have a seat by the eastern wall
If i were a wealthy man, i wouldn t have to work hard, i d fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and ducks
ya ha deedle deedle
If i were a wealthy man, i d have the time that i lack
yidle-diddle-didle-didle man
Ya ha deedle deedle, ya ha deedle deedle
all day long i d biddy biddy bum
I wouldn t have to work hard, if i were a wealthy man
the most important men in town would come to fawn on me