Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick
Music: Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick
Tevye(Spoken): "He's a good man, Golde.
I like him.
Heβs a little crazy, but...I like him.
And what's more important, Hodel likes him. Hodel loves him.
So what can we do?
It's a new world... A new world. Love.
Golde...
Tevye: Do you love me?
Golde: Do I what?
Tevye: Do you love me?
Golde: Do I love you?
With our daughters getting married
And this trouble in the town
You're upset, you're worn out
Go inside, go lie down!
Maybe it's indigestion
Tevye: "Golde I'm asking you a question..."
Do you love me?
Golde: You're a fool
Tevye: "I know..."
But do you love me?
Golde: Do I love you?
For twenty-five years I've washed your clothes
Cooked your meals, cleaned your house
Given you children, milked the cow
After twenty-five years, why talk about love right now?
Tevye: Golde, The first time I met you
Was on our wedding day
I was scared
Golde: I was shy
Tevye: I was nervous
Golde: So was I
Tevye: But my father and my mother
Said we'd learn to love each other
And now I'm asking, Golde...
Do you love me?
Golde: I'm your wife!
Tevye: "I know..."
But do you love me?
Golde: Do I love him? (Tevye: Well. )
For twenty-five years I've lived with him
Fought with him, starved with him
Twenty-five years my bed is his
If that's not love, what is?
Tevye: Then you love me?
Golde: I suppose I do
Tevye: And I suppose I love you too
Both: It doesn't change a thing
But even so
After twenty-five years
It's nice to know