lazarus57 - If I Were A Rich Man
lazarus57
Sep 08, 2025 10:16am
<p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">SPECIAL SONGS YOU LIKE TO SING ROUND 1</span></p><p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/DYTD/c752579432_HQC2_media.jpg"><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R01091ac3e0e16ef9b4a387a8e48af7f5?rik=DyUNTKKKRfjB4Q&riu=http%3a%2f%2fi.makeagif.com%2fmedia%2f5-27-2015%2fckqYsL.gif&ehk=B2WojrwRucAQYkhjc38ppyTkgLhGrFizYViG6bMwkGk%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw" alt="See the source image"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/IKWI/f18804b9ae_GEWQ_media.jpg"></p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>If I Were a Rich Man</strong>" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_tune" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">show tune</a> from the 1964 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_theatre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">musical</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);"><em>Fiddler on the Roof</em></a>. It was written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Harnick" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Sheldon Harnick</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Bock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Jerry Bock</a>. The song is performed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tevye" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Tevye</a>, the main character in the musical, and reflects his dreams of glory.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Were_a_Rich_Man_(song)#cite_note-lyrics-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[1]</a></p><p>The title is inspired by a 1902 monologue by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholem_Aleichem" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Sholem Aleichem</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Yiddish</a>, <em>Ven ikh bin Rothschild</em> (If I were a Rothschild),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Were_a_Rich_Man_(song)#cite_note-lyrics-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[1]</a> a reference to the wealth of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Rothschild family</a>, although the content is quite different. The lyric is based in part on passages from Sholem Aleichem’s 1899 short story "The Bubble Bursts." Both stories appeared in English in the 1949 collection of stories <em>Tevye's Daughters.</em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Were_a_Rich_Man_(song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[2]</a></p><p><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.f51c94d6818d2094581904197c26fafc?rik=hM2ejjejdSCuWA&pid=ImgRaw&r=0" alt="A 'Fiddler On The Roof' Movie Is Coming, So Get Excited Broadway Lovers ..."></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://singsnap.imgix.net/message-board/threads/MZV3/2b5dfef282_RLWE_media.png?w=700"></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.e976b1526ac31631123ee9544b930287?rik=mBvKPOl6XUC0aA&pid=ImgRaw&r=0" alt="See the source image"></p>