If I a rich man,
Daidle deedle daidle
Daidle daidle deedle daidle dum
All day long I'd biddy-biddy-bum
If I were a man.
I have to work hard,
Daidle deedle daidle
Daidle daidle deedle daidle dum
If I a biddy-biddy rich,
Daidle deedle daidle daidle man.

I'd a big tall house with rooms by the dozen
Right in the middle of the ,
A fine tin roof with real wooden below.
There be one long staircase just going up
And one even longer coming ,
And one more leading , just for show.

I'd my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese
And ducks for the town to see and ,
With each one squawking noisily as they ,
And each loud "pa-pa-geeee! pa-pa-gaack! pa-pa-geeee! pa-pa-gaack!"
Would burst like a trumpet on the ,
As if to say, "Here lives a man."
Oy!

If I were a rich man,
Daidle deedle daidle
Daidle daidle deedle daidle dum
All day long biddy-biddy-bum
If I a wealthy man.
I have to work hard,
Daidle deedle daidle
Daidle daidle deedle daidle dum

Lord who made the and the lamb,
You decreed I be what I am--
Would it spoil some vast, eternal ,
If I were a man