If I Were A Rich Man - Topol
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If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
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All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man
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I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
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If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man
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I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen, right in the middle of the town
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A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
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There would be one long staircase just going up and one even longer coming down
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And one more leading nowhere, just for show
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I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and ducks for the town to see and hear
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Squawking just as noisily as they can
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And each loud "cheep" and "squawk" and "honk" and "quack" would land like a trumpet on the ear
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As if to say "Here lives a wealthy man"
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I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife with a proper double chin
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Sup-er-vi-sing meals to her heart's delight
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I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock, oh, what a happy mood she's in
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Screaming at the servants, day and night
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Lord who made the lion and the lamb
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You decreed I should be what I am
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Would it spoil some VAST ETERNAL PLAN !
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If I were a wealthy man
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