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If I Were A Rich Man
Roger Whittaker

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 ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle 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.
And each loud cheep and swaqwk and honk and quack
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
As if to say Here lives a wealthy man.

If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle 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.
Oy, what a happy mood she's in.
Screaming at the servants, day and night.

The most important men in town would come to fawn on me!
They would ask me to advise them,
Like a Solomon the Wise.
If you please, Reb Tevye...
Pardon me, Reb Tevye...
Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes!
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, several hours every day.
That would be the sweetest thing of all.

If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.


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Lyrics by Roger Whittaker

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The Herald Angels Sing   Have I Told You Lately That I Love You   Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas   Hello Good Morning Happy Day   Hello Young Lovers   Hello, Young Lovers   Hold On Tight   Honey   Hound Dog   I Am But A Small Voice   I Can See Clearly Now   I Can't Help It (if I'm Still In Love With You)   I Can't Help It (if I'm Still In Love Wi...   I Don't Believe In If Anymore   I Don't Believe In If Anymore   I Have You   I Love You   I Will Always Love You   I Will Always Love You [From The Bodyguard]   I Will Follow You   I'd Fall In Love Tonight   I'll Tell Me Ma   I'd Fall In Love Tonight   I'll Tell Me Ma   Ich Bin Dein Fallschirm   If Ever I Would Leave You   If Ever I Would Leave You [From Camelot]   If I Were a Rich Man [From Fiddler on the Roof]   Image To My Mind   Imagine   Indian Lady   Into The Silence   It Rains In The Heat Of The Night   It's All In The Game   It's Impossible   It's Now Or Never   It's All In The Game   It's Impossible   It's Now Or Never   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Nature’s Garden   One Day At A Time   One More Chance   One Night With You   One Song   Only The Lonely   Out Of Africa   Railway Hotel   Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head   Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head   Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head   Red River Valley   Red Roses For A Blue Lady   Red Sails in the Sunset   Red Sails In The Sunset   River Baion   River Lady   River Lady (a Little Goodbye)   River Lady [DVD]   Rocky Top   Rough And Tumble   Sailing   Salz Im Kaffee   Scarborough Fair   Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)   Send In The Clowns   Send in the Clowns [DVD]   Send in the Clowns [From A Little Night Music]   Send in the Clowns [Live]   Sentimental Journey   She   She Believes In Me   She Moves Through Rhe Fair   Shoot For The Moon   Sieben Jahre   Silent Night   Simply Friends   Sing Away Your Tears   Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat   Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat   Sixteen Tons   Skye Boat Song   Sloop John B   Smeralda   Smile   So Far   So Far So Good   Some 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