IF I WERE A RICH MAN
Jerry Bock
Sheldon Harnick
If Iwerearich man,
Dai- dle,dee dle,dai dle, dig guh,dig guh,dee dle,dai dle,dum.
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All day
long I'd
bid -dy, bid bid dy bum bum,
If I were a wealth wealth -y
man.
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Would n't have to work hard,
dai - dle, dle, dee- dle, dai - dle,
dig guh, guh, dig guh,dee guh,dee - dle, dai - dle,
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dum.
If
I
were a
bid dy,bid dy rich,
dig guh,dig guh,dee dle,dai dle
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man.I'd build a
big tallhouse with rooms
by the doz - en, Right inthe mid dle of the town
A
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fine tin roof with real wood-en floors be - low.
there could be
one long stair - case
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just
go-ing up
and
one
e - ven long er com ing down;
And
one more lead - ing
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no where just for
show.
I'd fill my yard withchicksand tur keysandgeese And
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ducks for the town to see and hear;
Squawk ing just as
nois - i - ly as they
can.
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And each loud quack and cluck and god - ble and honk W ill land l ikea trum - pet on the ear;
As
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if to say here lives awealth y
man.
If I were rich,I'd have the
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time that I lack, To
sit in the syn a gogueand pray;
And may be have a
seat by the east ern
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wall.
And I'd dis - cuss the ho - ly books withthelearn ed men sev en ho-urs ev 'ry
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day;
This would be the
sweet est thing of
all.
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If Iwerearich man
Dai dle,dee dle,dai dle, dig guh,dig guh,dee dle,dai dle,dum.
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All day
long I'd
bid dy,bid dy bum,
If I werewwealth-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,
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dum.
Lord,who made the
li on and the lamb,
You de - creed I should be what I am;
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Would it spoil some vast e - ter - nal plan,
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If I were awealth - y
man?
