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The Dream
[TEVYE]
(spoken)
All right, only... don't be frightened! In the beginning I dreamt that we
were having a celebration of some kind.
Everybody we knew was there. Musicians too. Suddenly, in comes your grandma
Tzietl, may she rest in peace.
Naturally, I went up to greet her, and she said:
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(sung)
[GRANDMA TZEITL]
A blessing on your head
(Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov)
To see a daughter wed
(Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov)
And such a son-in-law
Like no-one ever saw
The tailor Motel Camzoil
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[GOLDE]
(spoken)
Motel?
[GRANDMA TZEITL]
(sung)
A worthy boy is he
(Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov)
Of pious family
(Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov)
They named him after my
Dear uncle Mordachai
The tailor Motel Camzoil
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(spoken)
[GOLDE]
A tailor? She must have heard wrong. She meant a butcher.
(sung)
[TEVYE]
You must have heard wrong Grandma
There's no tailor
You mean the butcher Grandma
By the name of Lazer-Wolfe
[GRANDMA TZEITL]
Noooo!
I mean a tailor Tevye
My great-grandchild
My little Tzietl who you named for me
Motel's bride was meant to be!
For such a match I prayed
(Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov)
In heaven it was made
(Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov)
A fine upstanding boy
A comfort and a joy
The tailor Motel Camzoil
[GRANDMA TZEITL]
Noooo No!
So you announced it Tevye
That's your headache
And as for Lazer-Wolfe I say to you
Tevye, that's your headache too!
[CHORUS]
A blessing on your house
Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov
Imagine such a spouse
Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov
And such a son-in-law
Like no-one ever saw
The tailor Motel Camzoil
[TEVYE]
(spoken) But he's a butcher!
[CHORUS]
(sung) The tailor Motel Camzoil
[TEVYE]
(spoken) His name is Lazer-Wolfe
[CHORUS]
(sung) The tailor Motel Camzoil
Tevye: The tailor Motel Camzoil
[CHORUS]
Sha! Sha! Look who is this? Who is this? Who comes here?
Who Who Who Who
What woman is this? By righteous and is
shaking
Could it be? Sure! Yes it could! Why not? Who could be mistaken?
It's the butcher's wife come from beyond
the grave
It's the butcher's dear, darling, departed wife
Fruma Sarah (8X)
[FRUMA SARAH]
Tevye!! Tevye!!!!! What is this about your daughter marrying my husband?
[CHORUS]
He's her husband!
[FRUMA SARAH]
Would you do this to your friend and neighbor Fruma Sarah? (Fruma Sarah!)
Have you no consideration for a woman's feelings? (Woman's feelings!)
Handing over my belongings to a total stranger! (Total stranger!)
How? How can you let your daughter to take my place? Live in my house
Carry my keys and wear my clothes
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[FRUMA SARAH]
Such a learned man as Tevye wouldn't let it happen!
(Let it happen!)
Tell me that it isn't tue and then I wouldn't worry!
(Wouldn't worry!)
Say you didn't give your blessing to your daughter's marriage
(Daughter's marriage)
Let me tell you what would follow such a fataled wedding
(fataled wedding!)
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[FRUMA SARAH]
Such a learned man as Tevye wouldn't let it happen!
(Let it happen!)
Tell me that it isn't tue and then I wouldn't worry!
(Wouldn't worry!)
Say you didn't give your blessing to your daughter's marriage
(Daughter's marriage)
Let me tell you what would follow such a fataled wedding
(fataled wedding!)
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If Tzietl marries Lazer-Wolfe
I pity them both!
She'd live with him three weeks
And when three weeks are up
I'll come to her by night
I'll take her by the throat and
This I'll give your Tzietl
That I'll give your Tzietl (2X)
Here's my wedding present if she marries Lazer-Wolfe!
[CHORUS AND TEVYE SCREAM]