Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick
Music: Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick
Tevye: Is this the little girl I carried?
Golde: Is this the little boy at play?
Tevye: I don't remember growing older
When did they?
Golde: When did she get to be a beauty?
Tevye: When did he grow to be so tall?
Both: Wasn't it yesterday
When they were small?
All Male: Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze
All Female: Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
Golde: What words of wisdom can I give them?
Tevye: How can I help to ease their way?
Both: Now they must learn from one another
Day by day
Perchik: They look so natural together
Hodel: Just like two newlyweds should be
Perchik & Hodel: Is there a canopy in store for me?
All: Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears