The Dream

Lyrics

[TEVYE, spoken] Help! Help! Help! [GOLDE, spoken] Tevye, Tevye, wake up! [TEVYE, spoken] Ah! [GOLDE, spoken] What's the matter with you? Why are you howling like that? [TEVYE, spoken] Where is she? Where is she? [GOLDE, spoken] Where is who? What are you talking about? [TEVYE, spoken] Fruma-Sarah, the butcher's first wife She was standing there a minute ago! [GOLDE, spoken] What's the matter with you, Tevye? Fruma-Sarah's been dead for years You must have been dreaming Tell me what you dreamed, and I'll tell you what it meant [TEVYE, spoken] All right, only don't bе frightened! In the bеginning, I dreamt that we were having a celebration of some kind Everybody we knew was there Musicians too Suddenly, in comes your grandmother Tzeitel, may she rest in peace Naturally, I went up to greet her And she said: [GRANDMA TZEITEL] A blessing on your head [RABBI] Mazel tov, mazel tov [GRANDMA TZEITEL] To see your daughter wed [RABBI] Mazel tov, mazel tov [GRANDMA TZEITEL] And such a son-in-law Like no one ever saw The tailor Motel Kamzoil [GOLDE, spoken] Motel? [GRANDMA TZEITEL] A worthy boy is he [RABBI] Mazel tov, mazel tov [GRANDMA TZEITEL] Of pious family [RABBI] Mazel tov, mazel tov [GRANDMA TZEITEL] They named him after my Dear uncle Mordecai The tailor Motel Kamzoil [GOLDE, spoken] A tailor? She must have heard wrong She meant the butcher [TEVYE] You must have heard wrong, Grandma There's no tailor You mean a butcher, Grandma By the name of Lazar Wolf [GRANDMA TZEITEL] No! I mean a tailor, Tevye My great-grandchild My little Tzeitel who you named for me Motel's bride was meant to be For such a match I prayed [ENSEMBLE] Mazel tov, mazel tov [GRANDMA TZEITEL] In heaven it was made [ENSEMBLE] Mazel tov, mazel tov [GRANDMA TZEITEL] A fine upstanding boy A comfort and a joy The tailor Motel Kamzoil [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 [GRANDMA TZEITEL] No! No! So you announced it, Tevye That's your headache And as for Lazar Wolf, I say to you Tevye, that's your headache too [ENSEMBLE] 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 Kamzoil [TEVYE, spoken] It was a butcher! [ENSEMBLE] The tailor Motel Kamzoil [TEVYE, spoken] It's Lazar Wolf! (sung) The tailor Motel Kamzoil [ENSEMBLE] 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? [ENSEMBLE, variously] Could it be? Sure! Yes it could! Why not? Who could be mistaken? [ENSEMBLE] 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, spoken] Tevye! Tevye! [FRUMA-SARAH] What is this about your daughter marrying my husband? [ENSEMBLE] Yes, her husband [FRUMA SARAH] Would you do this to your friend and neighbor Fruma-Sarah? [ENSEMBLE] Fruma-Sarah [FRUMA-SARAH] Have you no consideration for a woman's feelings? [ENSEMBLE] Woman's feelings [FRUMA-SARAH] Handing over my belongings to a total stranger [ENSEMBLE] 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? [ENSEMBLE] How can you allow your daughter to take her place? [FRUMA-SARAH] Pearls! [ENSEMBLE] House! [FRUMA-SARAH] Pearls! [ENSEMBLE] Keys! [FRUMA-SARAH] Pearls! [ENSEMBLE] Clothes! [FRUMA-SARAH] Pearls! [ENSEMBLE] How? [FRUMA-SARAH] Such a learned man as Tevye wouldn't let it happen [ENSEMBLE] Let it happen [FRUMA-SARAH] Tell me that it isn't true and then I wouldn't worry [ENSEMBLE] Wouldn't worry [FRUMA-SARAH] Say you didn't give your blessing to your daughter's marriage [ENSEMBLE] Daughter's marriage [FRUMA-SARAH] Let me tell you what will follow such a fatal wedding [ENSEMBLE] Fatal wedding (spoken) Shh [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 Here's my wedding present if she marries Lazar Wolf! [ENSEMBLE screams] [GOLDE & TEVYE, spoken] Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! It's an evil spirit! (Oh!) Let it fall into the river! (Oh!) Let it sink into the earth! (Oh!) Such a dark and horrible dream! (Oh!) And to think, it was brought on by that butcher! (Oh!) [GOLDE, spoken] If my grandma Tzeitel, may she rest in peace Took the trouble to come all the way from the other world To tell us about the tailor Then all we can say is that it's all for the best Couldn't possibly be any better Amen [TEVYE, spoken] Amen! [GOLDE] 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 Kamzoil [TEVYE] We haven't got the man [GOLDE] Mazel tov, mazel tov [TEVYE] We had when we began [GOLDE] Mazel tov, mazel tov [TEVYE] But since your grandma came She'll marry... what's his name? [GOLDE, spoken] The tailor Motel Kamzoil [GOLDE & TEVYE] The tailor Motel Kamzoil The tailor Motel Kamzoil The tailor Motel Kamzoil