A rehearsal passage from Fiddler on the Roof where the speaker weaves together themes of tradition, paternal authority, and blessings. The text includes transliterated Yiddish toasts like "Nazdrovia" and invokes wishes for divine favor and long life, capturing the musical's focus on family and faith.
Everyone here knows who he is and what God expects him to do. Day and night, bus travel for a living, feel like a Children say it's really great. Then who has the right as master of the house to have the final word at home? The Papa, the Papa tradition. The Papa, the Papa tradition. So drink me no pain, prove me no proof, bind me no bind, catch me no catch. I wouldn't have to work hard. Idle little idle day, idle little idle son. If I knew God's favor, he'd reach me. Idle little idle idle man. May God bless you and grant you long life. Make God make you good mothers and fathers. And I know that you will make us good mothers and fathers. Ah, ah, shal salu oya, heaven bless you both. Nazdrovia, to your health, and may we live together in peace. Ah, ah, shal salu oya, heaven bless you both.
