JERRY BOCK
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
2 Lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Prologue - Tradition Music by JERRY BOCK
No.1
Moderato
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14
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Copyright ©
2 Lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Prologue - Tradition Music by JERRY BOCK
No.1
Moderato
8
14
20
26
Copyright ©
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33
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ALL
Tra
-
di - tion
Tra di - tion
Tra di - tion
Tra - di - tion
Tra Tra di - tion
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50
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60
1.
2.
Tra Tra di - tion
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TEVYE & PAPAS
Who
day and night night must
scram - ble for
a
liv - ing,
feed
a wife and chil chil
dren,
say his dai - ly pray rayers? ers?
And
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who has the right right
as
mas - ter of the house house
73
to
have the fi nal word word
at
home?
79
the pa - pa
tra tra - di - tion
tra tra di - tion
84
et home,
a
ko - sher
home?
pa - pa
pa - pa
the pa - pa
GOLDE & MAMAS
Who must know
the way to make a
pro - per home,
a
qui
the
The
Who must raise a fam i - ly and
run
the home
so
pa - pas' free to read the
5
89
ho - ly book?
ALL
The
ma - ma
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tra - di - tion
The
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tra tra - di - tion
ma - ma
school,
At
ten
107
I
learned
a
ALL
At
SONS
three
I
start - ed
trade.
The The ma - ma
The ma - ma
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He - brew
I
hear they
picked
a
bride for
me,
I
hope
she's
pret pret - ty. ty.
The sons
The The sons sons
6
112
tra di - tion
117
The sons
The sons
tra di - tion
DAUGHTERS
And
who does
ma - ma
teach
To
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mend and
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tend
and
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pre
-
par - ing
me
to
mar
ALL
The
ry.
who
daugh - ters,
-
-
ev - er
pa
- pa
picks?
fix
The daugh ters,
tra di - tion
The daugh ters,
The daugh ters,
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134
And
ma
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PAPAS
Who
day
and
night must scram ble
for
a
-
ing,
Who must know the way
to
make
SONS
At
three
I
start
-
DAUGHTERS
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who
ko
trade.
does
ma
-
a
a wife
pro
-
ed
He
and
per
chil dren,
home,
- brew
say his dai - ly prayers?
a
qui
school, At
et
ten
I
To
mend
as
home?
mas
ter
of
Who must raise
I
hear
they
the house
a
a
a
learned
a
and
tend
and
to
fam - i - ly and
picked
And
home,
teach
sher
feed
has the right
-
who
tra - di - tion
liv
MAMAS
have the
fi - nal word
run
the
home
bride
for
me,
at
home?
so
pa - pas'
I
free
The
to read the
hope
she's
fix
pre
- par
-
ing
me
to
mar
-
-
ry.
who
-
ev - er
pa
-
pa
8
145
pa - pa
ho
-
ly
book?
pret - ty.
The
The
picks?
ma
ma - ma
sons
pa - pa
The daugh ters,
149
- ma
sons
The
The
The
pa
ma
sons
The
tra - di - tion
The
tra - di - tion
The
tra - di - tion
The
tra di - tion
- ma
tra - di - tion
- pa
tra di - tion
tra di - tion
daugh ters,
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159
The daugh
ters,
tra di - tion
9
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169
173
CHORUS
Dai
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189
Dai Dai Dai
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Dai Dai
Dai
Dai
Dai Dai Dai
Dai
Dai
Dai
Dai
Dai
Dai Dai Dai
Dai Dai
Dai
Dai
Dai
Dai Dai Dai Dai Dai
Dai
Dai
Dai
Dai
Dai
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202
207
210
213
Horse!
Mule!
Horse!
Mule!
Horse!
Mule!
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di - tion,
Horse!
Mule!
Tra -
Tra di - tion,
Tra di tion,
Tra
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221
di - tion,
Tra di - tion,
Tra di - tion,
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229
233
237
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1 - Opening No,2
1
Bright
5
9
13
13
Matchmaker No,3
1
Allegro
HODEL
March
9
mak er, match
catch me
a catch.
March mak er, match mak
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25
33
er,
look through
your
book
and make
ve
find^
a
per
- fect
veil,
Bring
me
ring for I'm
HODEL
Pa
a
-
-
pa,
you bring the groom
pale.
For
I'll bring the
see
a
March mak er, match mak - er,
find me
match/
Slen - der and
a match,
CHAVA
mak er, make me
long - ing
to
be
the
en - vy
of
a
schol - ar, for
ma
I
make him
all
-
-
ma, make him
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rich
as
a
king.
For
me,
well
I would - n't
hol - er,
if
he were as
an
-
y
thong!
-
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make
me
a
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catch.
find
March
- mak
af - ter
night
in
the
er,
me
a
match
dark I'm
a - lone,
- mak
-
er,
find,
Night
-
match,
as
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hand - some
catch
me
a
so
find
me
a
match
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65
of
my
own.
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77
TZEITEL
85
Ho - del,
oh
Ho - del,
have
I made a match
for
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hand - some!
He's young!
All
right, he's six - ty
ywo, but he's
a
nice
man,
a
you!
He's
good
catch
true?
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98
true!
I
prom - ise you'll
be
hap - py
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found
him!
Will
you
be
if you're
not.
a luck - y
bride!
Threr's more to life than
that
what!
e - ven
Don't ask me
and
105
CHA - va,
I
He's
hand - some!
He's
tall
than
is from side
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side, but he's
a
nice
man,
a
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beat
you
ev
-
ry
night.
good
catch.
Right?
But
to
Right!
Yoi heard
on - ly
when
he's
so - ber
he has
-
a
tem - per.
-
He'll
-
So you're
all
17
128
right!
Did you
think you'd
get
a
prince?
Well,
I
do
the best
I
can.
134
dow
ry, no mon
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ey, no fam - i - ly back ground.
Please
CHAVA & HODEL
Dear
Yen
a man!
CHAVA
Match - mak - er, Match mak er,
you know
that
I'm
Still ver - y
young,
HODEL
take your time.
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you got
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Be glad
With no
Up
min - utr
I
mis - un - der stood,
-
to this
te,
that
I could
see
that he's
gen - tle, re - mem
get ctuck
for good!
-
ber, you
were
al - so
a
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167
ALL THREE
bride.
It's
not
176
that
I'm sen - ti - men - tal,
it's
Match make - er
rush
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Groom
202
plan me
play - ing with match - es a
me no groom.
Find me no
match!
girl can getburned.
Catch
me no catch
I'm in
no
So bring me no ring.
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fied!
find.
ri -
plans,
learned
-
no
May - be I've
ter
Match make - er,
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just that I'm
Un - less he's
a match
- less
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Change Of Scene No,3A
Waltz - in 1
1
6
11
16
If I Were A Rich Man
20 No,4
Moderato
1
7
TEVYE
If I were a rich man,
dai - dle, dee - dle, dai - dle
dig - guh dig - guhdee - dle, dai - dle, dum.
12
bid - dy, bid - dy bum
I were
a wealth
- y
16
dai - dle, dee - dle,
dai - dle
dig - guh dig guh dee - dle,
man.
dai - dle,
I'd
If
All day long
dum.
Would
- n't have
to work hard,
If
I
were
a
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bid - dy, bid - dy rich
Dig - guh, Dig - guh, dee - dly, dai - dly
man
I'd
build
a
big
tall house
with
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24
rooms
by the doz - en, right
in the mid - dle of the town.
A
tin roof with
real wood - en floors
low.
There
would
be
one long stair - case
just go - ing up and
one
e - ven lon - ger com - ing
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down.
And
one more load - ing
no - where,
just for
show.
I'd
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yard with chicks
and
tur keys and goose
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and
ducks
for the town
they
can.
fill
my
to see and hear:
squawk - ing just
as
nois - i - ly as
be -
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fine
And each loud
quack and cluck and
gob - ble and honk Will
22
49
land like
a trum - pet on the
54
(sigh)
if
to
say: here
lives
a wealth - y
man.
I were a
rich man,
dai - dle, dee - dle,
dai - dle
dig - guh dig - guh dee - dle, dai - dle,
58
dum.
As
If
ear.
All
day long
I'd
bid
dy, bid - dy bum
If
I were awealth
y
man.
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Would
- n't have
to work hard,
dai - dle, dee - dle,
dai - dle
dig - guh dig guh dee - dle,
dai - dle, dum.
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If
I were
a
bid
dy, bid dy rich
Dig guh, Dig guh, dee - dly,
dai dly man
I
see my
wife, my Gol - de,
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look - ing like a rich man's
wife with a prop - er dou - ble chin;
su - per - vis - ing meals
to
her heart's
de -
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light.
I
see
her
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Oi! What a hap - py mood
86
she's
in.
put - ting on
airs
and
strut - ting like
a pea - cock,
Scream
- ing at the
ser - vants
day and night.
The most im - por - tant men
in
town will come
to fawn
on
me.
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They will
ask me
to
ad - vise
them,
like
"If
please, Reb Tev - ye par - don me,
Reb Tev
boi
ye."
Pos - ing prob - lems that would
cross a Rab - bi's eyes.
Boi
And
it
won't
make
one
bit of dif - f'rence
if
I
ans - wer right or
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wrong.
When
boi boiboi
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you
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Sol - o - mon, the wise.
boiboi boi
a
you're
rich they
think you real - ly
know.
If
I
were
25
103
rich I'd have the time that I lack
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to
sit in the syn - a - gogue
and pray.
And may - be have
a seat by the east - ern
wall.
And
I'd
dis
- cuss the
ho - ly
book with the lean - ed
men sev - en ho - urs ev - ry
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day.
This would
be the
sweet - est thing
of
all.
(sigh)
If
I were
a
rich man,
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dai - dle, dee - dle,
dai - dle
dig - guh dig - guh dee - dle, dai - dle,
dum.
All
day long
I'd
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124
bid
dy, bid - dy bum
If
I were
awealth
-y
man.
Would
dai - dle, dee - dle,
dai - dle
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li - on and the lamb,
de - creed
I
137
If I were a wealth - y
man?
should
dai - dle, dum.
You
dig - guh dig guh dee - dle,
lord. Who made
the
be what I am.
to work hard,
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- n't have
Would
it spoil some
vast, e - ter - nal
plan
End Of Scene 2
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No,4A
1
Bright
4
7
10
Sabbath Prayer
28 No,5
Lento
1
5
Andantino
10
shame.
May he al - ways shield
May you come
to be
in
and
like
Es - ther.
Yis - ro - el
be like Ruth
May the Lord pro - tect and de - fend you.
15
May you CHORUS
TEVYE & GOLDE
a shin - ing
name,
May you be de - serv
you from
- ing of praise.
Hum
Hum
29
19
Strength
- en them, oh Lord,
and
Hum
keep them from the stran - ger's
way.
GOLDE
23
May God bless
you
and grant you long
lives.
May God bless
you
and grant you long
lives.
you
and grant you long
lives.
May God bless
you
good moth - ers and
wives.
May
God make
you
good moth - ers and
wives.
God make
you
good moth - ers and
you.
EVYE: May he send you hus - bands
God make
for
May
May
our Sab - bath prayer
27
May the Lord ful - fill
who will
care
wives.
for
you.
30
31WOMEN
& GOLDE
MEN & TEVYE
May the Lord protectandde fend
May the Lord protectandde fend
TEVYE
hap - pi - ness WOMEN & GOLDE
Lord. MEN
hap
-
pi
- ness
and
hap
and
peace
-
pi
ness
hear
our
Fa vor them, oh
Fa vor them, oh Lord.
Sab
- bath
With
prayer.
A
Oh,
hear
our
Sab
- bath
prayer.
Oh,
hear
our
Sab
- bath
prayer.
A
A
With
Oh,
-
May the Lord preserve you from pain
May the Lord preserve you frompain
peace
With
you.
you.
36
38
men
men
men
31
Change Of Scene No. 5A
Slowly
42
45
48
Joyfully
51
55
To Life
32
LAZAR: What do you think? TEVYE: What do I think?
No. 6
To
3
L' - chai im.
L' - chai im.
my
bride to
Drink,
fus - ing
L' - chai im.
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us,
LAZAR
Bless - ing
and
VYE
life
Here's
to the
fa - ther
I've
be.
L' - chai im.
L' -
to
L' - chai
chai im.
im.
to
life
17
life
to
to
BOTH
Here's
life,
LAZAR
10
be.
1
BOTH
chai - im.
tried to
VYE
to
us
L' -
VYE
life
Life
is
a
way of
con
BOTH
Drink,
life
bruis - ing
to
L' - chai im.
to
life
33
like us
31
VYE
God
would
to
be
joy
-
ful,
LAZAR
How
much
more can
44
to
be
E - ven when our hearts
joy - ful
for?
we
be
joy
my
-
VYE
my
ful
daugh - ter,
floor.
When
there's
real - ly
some
- thing
life
LAZAR
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pant - ing on the
BOTH
lie
to
51
Tzei - tel,
38
wife.
BOTH
to
life
VYE
L' - chai - im.
It gives
you
some - thing
To
to
think
a - bout
some - thing
to
drink a - bout
Drink,
L' - chai im.
to
life
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64
71
79
ALL
To
La
-
zar
Wolfe,
LAZAR
85
daugh - ter,
my
91
pres - ent ones.
wife.
to
Tev - ye
To
May all your
your
fu - tures
Tzei - tel,
ALL
be
pleas - ant ones
L' - chai - im.
to
life,
to
life,
L' - chai im.
our
Drink,
No like
L' -
35
98
chai im.
L' - chai - im.
to
life.
It takes
105
oth - er day.
Drink,
L' - chai im.
to
112
life.
In
hom - or
of the great,
good
for - tune
fa - vors
two
such
We'll raise
rea
Let's live
an -
a
- son
glass
and
sip
a drop of
STAGE RIGHT
you.
We know
that when
we
de - serve it
good
ALL
too.
To
126
us
to
us say:
men, it stands
make
119
to
STAGE LEFT
luck that fa - vored
wed - ding
shnapps
a
STAGE RIGHT
STAGE LEFT
and
our
good
for - tune!
Be
hap - py,
be
health - y,
CENTER
Long
life!
36
133
ALL
And
if our
good for
- tune
150
154
dai
to
what
- ev - er comes,
Drink
life!
dai
dai
L'chai
- im,
dai
here's
145
nev - er comes,
140
dai
dai
to
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
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dai
dai
158
ALL
dai
dai
164
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
dai
RUSSIAN
dai
Ah!
dai
170
dai
dai
both,
naz - dro - via,
dai
dai
to
Za
va
-
sha zda - ro - via,
your
health
Heav - en bless you
dai
176
dai
and
may
we
live
to
geth - er - in
peace.
38
SOLO
181
Za OTHERS
va
-
sha zda ro via, Heav en bless you both, naz - dro via,
cha,
za
cha
za
cha
za
cha
za
to geth er in peace.
Allegro
fa vored with the
za
cha
Hey!
rea - sons to re joice.
Ah
cha
May you live to see a thou sand
197 SOLO
Ah
fu ture of your choice.
za
RUSSIAN
May you both be
cha
189
your health and may we live
Za
to
Za
va
-
-
sha
zda
-
ro
-
Ah
Heav
- en
201
via,
bless
you
Ah
both,
to
your
health
and
may
we
live
to
geth - er - in
peace.
naz
- dro
-
via,
Hey!
Hey!
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To life - Dance
No.6A
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213
217
221
229
234
240
Bright
40
245
253
261
269
277
283
41
290
297
303
309
315
: !
42
Opening - Scene 5 (To Life)
No. 6B
Moderato
1
5
10
15
20
25
30
43
35
40
45
50
57
44
Street Scene
No. 7
63
68
74
80
Allegretto
85
94
90
Moderato
48
Miracle Of Miracles
No. 10
1
Allegro
MOTL: It was a miracle.
(hand claps)
5
Won
- der of won
- ders,
9
mir - a - cle
of mir - a - cle.
God
took a Dan
- iel
once
a
-
gain.
Stood
by his side
and
13
mir - a - cle of mir - a - ckes.
Won
- der of won
- ders,
17
Walked
mir - a - cle
through
the
of mir - a - cle.
him
I
was
a - fraid
that
Li
-
on's
den.
God
would
frown.
But
like he did
so
long
a - go
in Jer - i - cho.
God
just
made
a
wall
fail
down.
When
49
21
Mo
25
God
29
-
ses
sof -
Pha
- roah's
heart,
that
was
Red
Sea
part,
and
small,
a mir - a - cle.
When
the wa - ters of the
tened
made
that
was
a mir - a - cle,
too.
But of
all
God's
mir - a - cles,
large
33
out
38
of a worth - less
lump
of clay.
the
most
God
has
made
a
mi
-
rac - u - lous
one
to
all
-
day!
Won - der of won ders,
mir a - cle of mir - a - cle.
God
is that
man
of
took a tai - lor
to
the hand.
