Name: If I Were A Rich Man (arr. John Fries) by Hines Hines & Dad Piano, Vocal & Guitar Chords Digital Sheet Music
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If I Were A Rich Man (arr. John Fries)
by Hines Hines & Dad Piano, Vocal & Guitar Chords - Digital Sheet Music

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TYPE JOHN FRIES IN THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER. Thanks, John. "If I Were a Rich Man" is a show tune from the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof. A Critical and Musical Survey explained that the song contains a greater number of Jewish "commonplaces" than any other number in the score, and added the song does twofold: it "offers such a strong dose of idiom early in the show [which] is good for the overall unity", and the "important dramatic function" of introducing the central character of Tevye through song. A repeated phrase throughout the song, "all day long I'd bidi-bidi-bum," is often misunderstood to refer to Tevye's desire not to have to work. However, in an interview with Terry Gross, Sheldon Harnick said he basically made up syllables that he thought would give the effect of Chassidic chanting.

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