Fiddler On The Roof Matchmaker Song

Matchmaker matchmaker is a song from the 1964 musical fiddler on the roof with music by jerry bock and lyrics by sheldon harnick.

Fiddler on the roof matchmaker song.

In the musical fiddler on the roof lead character tevye is a strict jewish man who expects his family to follow the cultural and religious traditions of their faith including using a matchmaker to arrange marriages in matchmaker matchmaker his daughters are mocking this tradition as the eldest tzeitel wants to marry her childhood friend rather than the wealthy widower the matchmaker. It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and. For papa make him a scholar. Matchmaker matchmaker i ll bring the veil you bring the groom slender and pale.

For papa make him a scholar. Bring me a ring for i m longing to be the envy of all i see. If i were a rich man. Bring me a ring for i m longing to be the envy of all i see.

Matchmaker matchmaker make me a match find me a find catch me a catch matchmaker matchmaker look through your book and make me a perfect match chava. Matchmaker matchmaker i ll bring the veil you bring the groom slender and pale. It was later made into a film in 1971 the story revolves around a poor jewish milkman tevye and his five daughters as he attempts to maintain his jewish traditions.