If I were a Spitman ....(From Fiddler on the Roof)
"Dear Gods, you made many, many poor LaLa people.
I realize, of course, that it's no shame to be a poor La la dweeb.
But it's no great honor either!
So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small Spitfire?"
If I were a Spit man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a spit man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy spit,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.
I'd build a big tall castle with rooms by the dozen,
Right in the middle of a mountain town.
A fine Runway with Ack going all around.
There would be one long staircase just going up,
And one even longer coming down,
And one more leading nowhere, just for show.
I'd fill my yard with Sheep and sheep and sheep and ducks
For the town to see and hear.
And each loud "Baaaaaa" and "Baaaaaaa" and "Baaaaaa" and "quack"
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
As if to say "Here lives a Spit man."
If I were a Spit man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a Spit man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy Spit,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.
I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a Spit man's wife
With a proper Silk thong.
Supervising meals to her heart's delight.
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock.
Oy, what a happy mood she's in.
Screaming at the servants, day and night.
The most important men in town would come to fawn on me!
They would ask me to advise them,
Like a Solomon the Wise.
"If you please, Rosco Roo..."
"Pardon me, Rosco Roo..."
Posing problems that would cross Levi's eyes!
And it won't make one bit of difference if i answer right or wrong.
When you're A Spitman, they think you really know!
If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack
To sit in the MA and play.
And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall.
And I'd discuss the history books with the learned men, several hours every day.
That would be the sweetest thing of all.
If I were a Spit man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a Spit man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy Spit,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.