[TEVYE, spoken]
All right, this was my dream...In the beginning, I dreamt that we were having a celebration of some kind. All of our beloved departed were there. And musicians too! Even your great-uncle Mordecai, and, and your cousin Rachel was there. And in the middle of the dream, in walks your grandmother Tzeitel, may she rest in peace -
[GOLDE, spoken]
- Grandmother Tzeitel? How did she look?
[TEVYE, spoken]
Well, for a woman who's been dead 30 years, she looked very good. Naturally, I went up to greet her:
[G. TZEITEL and (MAN)]
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
[GOLDE, spoken]
Motel?
[G. TZEITEL and (MAN)]
A worthy boy is he (Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov)
Of pious family (Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov)
They named him after my
Dear uncle Mordecai
The tailor Motel Camzoil
[GOLDE, spoken]
A tailor? She must have heard wrong. She meant the butcher!
[TEVYE, spoken]
I'll tell her!
(sung)
You must have heard wrong, Grandma
There's no tailor
You mean the butcher, Grandma
By the name of Lazar Wolf
[G. TZEITEL]
No! No! No!
I mean the tailor, Tevye
My great-grandchild
My little Tzeitel who you named for me
Motel's bride was meant to be
[G. TZEITEL (and GUESTS)]
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
[GOLDE, spoken]
But we announced it already! We made a bargain with the butcher!
[TEVYE]
But we announced it, Grandma
To our neighbors!
We made a bargain, Grandma
With the butcher Lazar Wolf!
[G. TZEITEL]
So you announced it, Tevye
That's your headache --
And as for Lazar Wolf, I say to you:
Tevye, that's your headache too!
[G. TZEITEL; GUESTS]
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
[GOLDE, spoken]
Stop them!
[TEVYE, spoken]
But he is a butcher!
[G. TZEITEL; GUESTS]
The tailor Motel Camzoil
[TEVYE, spoken]
His name is Lazar Wolf!
(sung)
The tailor Motel Cam-
[GUESTS, various]
- Sha! Sha!
Look who is this? Who is this? Who comes here?
Who? Who? Who? Who? Who?
What woman is this
By righteous anger shaken?
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
Fruma Sarah
Fruma Sarah, Fruma Sarah, Fruma Sarah
Fruma Sarah, Fruma Sarah
[FRUMA SARAH]
Tevye!
What is this about your daughter marrying my husband?
[GUESTS]
Yes, her husband!
[FRUMA SARAH]
Would you do this to your friend and neighbor Fruma Sarah?
[GUESTS]
Fruma Sarah!
[FRUMA SARAH]
Have you no consideration for a woman's feelings?
[GUESTS]
Woman's feelings!
[FRUMA SARAH]
Handing over my belongings to a total stranger!
[GUESTS]
Total stranger!
[FRUMA SARAH]
How can you allow it, how?
How can you let your daughter take my place?
Live in my house?
Carry my keys?
And wear my clothes?
Pearls?
How?
[GUESTS]
How can you allow your daughter to take her place?
[FRUMA SARAH]
Pearls!
[GUESTS]
House!
[FRUMA SARAH]
Pearls!
[GUESTS]
Keys!
[FRUMA SARAH]
Pearls!
[GUESTS]
Clothes!
[FRUMA SARAH]
Pearls!
[GUESTS]
How?
[FRUMA SARAH]
Such a learned man as Tevye wouldn't let it happen!
[GUESTS]
Let it happen!
[FRUMA SARAH]
Tell me that it isn't true and then I wouldn't worry!
[GUESTS]
Wouldn't worry!
[FRUMA SARAH]
Say you didn't give your blessing to your daughter's marriage
[GUESTS]
Daughter's marriage
[FRUMA SARAH]
Let me tell you what would follow such a fatal wedding
[GUESTS]
Fatal wedding!
[FRUMA SARAH]
If Tzeitel marries Lazar Wolf
I pity them both!
She'll 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 Tzeitel
That I'll give your Tzeitel
This I'll give your Tzeitel
That I'll give your Tzeitel
Here's my wedding present if she marries Lazar Wolf!
(Company and Tevye scream)
Ai!
Ai!
Ai!
Ai!
[GOLDE, speaking]
Such a dark and evil spirit!
Let it fall into the river, let it sink into the earth!
Such a dark and horrible dream!
And to think, it was brought on by that butcher!
If my grandma Tzeitel, may she rest in peace
Took the time to come all the way from the other world to tell us about the tailor, all I can say is that it's for the best, and couldn't possibly get any better. Amen
[TEVYE]
Amen
[GOLDE (sung)]
A blessing on my head
Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov
Like Grandma Tzeitel said
Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov
We'll have a son-in-law
Like no-one ever saw
The tailor Motel Camzoil
[TEVYE]
We haven't got the man
(Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov)
We had when we began
(Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov)
But since your grandma came
She'll marry... what's his name?
[GOLDE]
The tailor, Motel Camzoil
[GOLDE and TEVYE]
The tailor Motel Camzoil
The tailor Motel Camzoil
The tailor Motel Camzoil
