If i were a rich man ya ha deedle deedle
Didle didle deedle deedle dum
All day long i'd biddy biddy bum
If i were a wealthy man
Wouldn't have to work hard
Ya ha deedle deedle didle
Didle 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
Squawking just as noisily as they can
And each loud
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
Didle didle deedle deedle dum
All day long i'd biddy biddy bum
If i were a wealthy man
Wouldn't have to work hard
Ya ha deedle deedle didle
Didle deedle deedle dum
If i were a biddy biddy rich yidle
Diddle didle didle man
I see my wife my goldie
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
If i were rich i'd have the time that i lack
To sit in the synagogue and pray
Maybe have a seat by the eastern wall
And i'd discuss the holy books with the learned men
Seven hours every day
This would be the sweetest thing of all
If i were a rich man ya ha deedle deedle
Didle didle deedle deedle dum
All day long i'd biddy biddy bum
If i were a wealthy man
Wouldn't have to work hard
Ya ha deedle deedle didle didle
Deedle deedle dum
Lord who mad the lion and the lamb
You decreed i should be what i am
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan
If i were a wealthy man
