If I Were Rich Man Fiddler On The Roof

Direct from broadway australian superstar anthony warlow returns to australia to star in a brand new production of one of the greatest and most loved musica.

If i were rich man fiddler on the roof.

But it s no great honor either. Love this musical and this song was one of the first musical theatre songs i heard. Lenk takes on the role of tevye in the video above. Tevye dear god you made many many poor people.

The title is inspired by a 1902 monologue by sholem aleichem in yiddish ven ikh bin rothschild a reference to the wealth of the rothschild family although the content is quite different. I realize of course that it s no shame to be poor. If i were a rich man song lyrics. If i were a rich man is a show tune from the 1964 musical fiddler on the roof.

Hope i didn t ruin it lol this is if i were a rich man from the classic. It was written by sheldon harnick and jerry bock. Watch tony winner katrina lenk bobbi in the new revival of company perform if i were a rich man from fiddler on the roof at miscast 2018. The lyric is based in part on passages from sholem aleichem s 1899 short.