Roger Whittaker - If I were a rich man lyrics

If I were a rich man

Daidle deedle daidle

Daidle daidle deedle daidle dum

All day long I'd biddy-biddy-bum

If I were a wealthy man

Wouldn't have to work hard

Daidle deedle daidle

Daidle daidle deedle daidle dum

If I were a biddy-biddy rich

Daidle daidle deedle daidle man

I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen

Right in the middle of the town

A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below

There could 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 chicks and turkeys and geese

And ducks for the town to see and hear

Squawking just as noisily as they can

And each loud "Quack" and "Quack" and "Goo-goo-goo-goo-goo" and "Honk"

Would land like a trumpet on the ear

As if to say, "Here lives a wealthy man"

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If I were a rich man

Daidle deedle daidle

Daidle daidle deedle daidle dum

All day long I'd biddy-biddy-bum

If I were a wealthy man

Wouldn't have to work hard

Daidle deedle daidle

Daidle daidle deedle daidle dum

Lord who made the lion and the lamb

You decreed I should be what I am

Would it spoil some vast, eternal plan

If I were a wealthy man?