Original Cast - If I Were a Rich Man (From "Fiddler on the Roof") - translation of the lyrics into German
Original Cast If I Were a Rich Man (From "Fiddler on the Roof")

If I Were a Rich Man (From "Fiddler on the Roof")

Original Cast




If I Were a Rich Man (From "Fiddler on the Roof")
Wenn ich einmal reich wär (Aus "Anatevka")
If I were a rich man
Wenn ich einmal reich wär
Didle - deedle - didle- digga - digga - deedle - didle - dum
Didle - deedle - didle- digga - digga - deedle - didle - dum
All day long I'd
Den ganzen Tag tät' ich
Biddy - biddy - bum
Biddy - biddy - bum
If I were a wealthy man
Wenn ich ein reicher Mann wär
Wouldn't have to work hard
Müsst' ich nicht schuften schwer
Didle - deedle - didle- digga - digga - deedle - didle - dum
Didle - deedle - didle- digga - digga - deedle - didle - dum
If I were a biddy - biddy rich
Wenn ich ein biddy - biddy reicher
Digga - digga - deedle - didle man
Digga - digga - deedle - didle Mann wär
I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen
Ich baute mir ein großes Haus mit Dutzenden Zimmern
Right in the middle of the town
Genau mitten in der Stadt
A fine tin roof
Ein feines Blechdach
With a real wooden floors below
Mit echten Holzböden darunter
There could be one long staircase
Es gäbe eine lange Treppe
Just going up
Nur hinauf
And one even longer coming down
Und eine noch längere hinunter
And one more leading nowhere
Und noch eine, die nirgendwo hinführt
Just for show
Nur zur Schau
I'd fill be yard with
Ich füllte meinen Hof mit
Chicks and turkies and geese and ducks
Küken und Truthähnen und Gänsen und Enten
For the town to see and hear
Damit die Stadt sie sehen und hören kann
Squarking just as noisely as they can
Die kreischen, so laut sie nur können
And each loud quack and cluck and gooble and honk
Und jedes laute Quaken und Gackern und Kollern und Schnattern
Will land like a trumpet on the ear
Wird wie eine Trompete im Ohr klingen
As if to say
Als ob es sagen wollte
Hear lives a wealthy man
Hier wohnt ein reicher Mann
If I were a rich man
Wenn ich einmal reich wär
Didle - deedle - didle- digga - digga - deedle - didle - dum
Didle - deedle - didle- digga - digga - deedle - didle - dum
All day long I'd
Den ganzen Tag tät' ich
Biddy - biddy - bum
Biddy - biddy - bum
If I were a wealthy man
Wenn ich ein reicher Mann wär
Wouldn't have to work hard
Müsst' ich nicht schuften schwer
Didle - deedle - didle- digga - digga - deedle - didle - dum
Didle - deedle - didle- digga - digga - deedle - didle - dum
If I were a biddy - biddy rich
Wenn ich ein biddy - biddy reicher
Digga - digga - deedle - didle man
Digga - digga - deedle - didle Mann wär
I see my wife, my Golda
Ich seh' mein Weib, meine Golda
Looking like a rich man's wife
Die aussieht wie die Frau eines reichen Mannes
With a proper double chin
Mit einem ordentlichen Doppelkinn
Supervising meals to her hearts deleight
Die Mahlzeiten überwacht nach Herzenslust
I see her putting on airs
Ich seh' sie, wie sie sich aufspielt
And strutting like a peacock
Und stolziert wie ein Pfau
Oh, what a happy mood she's in
Oh, welch glücklicher Laune sie ist
Screaming at the servants day and night
Die Diener anschreit Tag und Nacht
If I were rich I'd have the time that I lack
Wär' ich reich, hätt' ich die Zeit, die mir fehlt
To sit in the synagogue and pray
Um in der Synagoge zu sitzen und zu beten
Maybe have a seat
Vielleicht einen Sitzplatz haben
By the eastern wall
An der Ostwand
And I discuss the Holy book
Und ich diskutiere das Heilige Buch
With the lerned men
Mit den gelehrten Männern
Seven hours every day
Sieben Stunden jeden Tag
This would be the sweetest thing of all
Das wäre das Süßeste von allem
If I were a rich man
Wenn ich einmal reich wär
Didle - deedle - didle- digga - digga - deedle - didle - dum
Didle - deedle - didle- digga - digga - deedle - didle - dum
All day long I'd
Den ganzen Tag tät' ich
Biddy - biddy - bum
Biddy - biddy - bum
If I were a wealthy man
Wenn ich ein reicher Mann wär
Wouldn't have to work hard
Müsst' ich nicht schuften schwer
Didle - deedle - didle- digga - digga - deedle - didle - dum
Didle - deedle - didle- digga - digga - deedle - didle - dum
Lord who made the lion and the lamb
Herr, der du den Löwen und das Lamm erschaffen hast
You degreed I should be what I am
Du hast bestimmt, dass ich sein soll, was ich bin
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan
Würde es einen großen ewigen Plan verderben
If I were a wealthy man?
Wenn ich ein reicher Mann wär?




Writer(s): Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
Original Cast - Musical Cast Showstoppers
Album
Musical Cast Showstoppers
date of release
14-07-2015

1 A Whole New World (From "Aladdin")
2 If I Were a Rich Man (From "Fiddler on the Roof")
3 Heaven on Their Minds (From "Jesus Christ Superstar")
4 Popular (From "Wicked")
5 Rum Tum Tugger (From "Cats")
6 When Fred'ric Was a Little Lad (From "The Pirates of Penzance")
7 Jesus Christ Superstar (From "Jesus Christ Superstar")
8 Betrayed (From "The Producers")
9 Mr. Mistoffelees (From "Cats")
10 Razzle Dazzle (From "Chicago")
11 When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment (From "The Pirates of Penzance")
12 King Herod's Song (From "Jesus Christ Superstar")
13 We're off to See the Wizard (From "The Wizard of Oz")
14 The Merry Old Land of Oz (From "The Wizard of Oz")
15 Another Suitcase in Another Hall (From "Evita")
16 Where I Want to Be (From "Chess")
17 Be Our Guest (From "Beauty and the Beast")
18 Movie in My Mind (From "Miss Saigon")
19 On the Street Where You Live (From "My Fair Lady")
20 Judas' Death (From "Jesus Christ Superstar")
21 You Must Love Me (From "Evita")
22 Matchmaker, Matchmaker (From "Fiddler on the Roof")
23 Omigod You Guys (From "Legally Blonde")
24 What Is This Feeling? (From "Wicked")
25 Secret Love (From "Calamity Jane")
26 Reviewing the Situation (From "Oliver!")
27 When You're Lying Awake (From "Ionlanthe")
28 We Will Rock You (From "We Will Rock You")
29 Close Every Door to Me (From "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat")
30 Oh What a Circus (From "Evita")
31 Cell Block Tango (From "Chicago")
32 One (From "A Chorus Line")
33 Beauty & The Beast (From "Beauty & The Beast")
34 Rainbow High (From "Evita")
35 Hakuna Matata (From "The Lion King")
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