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Tevye:
[about Perchik]
Is he in bad trouble, that hero of yours? [Hodel nods] Tevye:
Arrested? [she nods again] Tevye:
Convicted? Hodel:
Yes. But he did nothing wrong. He cares nothing for himself. Everything he does is for other people. Tevye:
Yes, but if He did nothing wrong, he wouldn't be in trouble. Hodel:
Oh Papa, how can you say that? What wrongs did Joseph do? And Abraham, and Moses? And they had troubles. Tevye:
Yes, but... But why won't you tell me where he is now, this Joseph of yours? Hodel:
It is far, Papa. Terribly far. He is in a settlement in Siberia. Tevye:
[shocked]
Siberia! And he asks you to leave your father and mother, and join him in that frozen wasteland and marry him there? Hodel:
No, Papa. He did not ask me to go. I *want* to go. I don't want him to be alone. I want to help him in his work. Tevye:
Hodel... Hodel:
Papa. [sings] Hodel:
How can I hope to make you understand, why I do what I do? Why I must travel to a distant land, far from the home I love. Once I was happily content to be, as I was, where I was. Close to the people who are close to me, here in the home I love. Who could see that a man would come, who would change the shape of my dreams? Helpless now, I stand with him, watching older dreams grow dim. Oh, what a melancholy choice this is, wanting home, wanting him... Closing my heart to every hope but his, leaving the home I love. There where my heart has settled long ago, I must go, I must go. Who could imagine I'd be wandering so far from the home I love. Yet... there with my love, I'm home. [the train is heard] Tevye:
[concerned]
And, who my child will there be to perform a marriage there in the wilderness? Hodel:
[smiling]
Papa, I promise you, we will be married under a canopy. Tevye:
Yes, yes. No doubt, a Rabbi or two were also arrested. [the train pulls in, Tevye lifts Hodel's luggage aboard] Hodel:
[crying and hugging him]
Papa! God alone knows when we shall see each other again. Tevye:
Then, we will leave it in His hands. [he helps her aboard and watches the train pull out] Tevye:
[looking up]
Take care of her. See that she dresses warm
[about Perchik]
Is he in bad trouble, that hero of yours? [Hodel nods] Tevye:
Arrested? [she nods again] Tevye:
Convicted? Hodel:
Yes. But he did nothing wrong. He cares nothing for himself. Everything he does is for other people. Tevye:
Yes, but if He did nothing wrong, he wouldn't be in trouble. Hodel:
Oh Papa, how can you say that? What wrongs did Joseph do? And Abraham, and Moses? And they had troubles. Tevye:
Yes, but... But why won't you tell me where he is now, this Joseph of yours? Hodel:
It is far, Papa. Terribly far. He is in a settlement in Siberia. Tevye:
[shocked]
Siberia! And he asks you to leave your father and mother, and join him in that frozen wasteland and marry him there? Hodel:
No, Papa. He did not ask me to go. I *want* to go. I don't want him to be alone. I want to help him in his work. Tevye:
Hodel... Hodel:
Papa. [sings] Hodel:
How can I hope to make you understand, why I do what I do? Why I must travel to a distant land, far from the home I love. Once I was happily content to be, as I was, where I was. Close to the people who are close to me, here in the home I love. Who could see that a man would come, who would change the shape of my dreams? Helpless now, I stand with him, watching older dreams grow dim. Oh, what a melancholy choice this is, wanting home, wanting him... Closing my heart to every hope but his, leaving the home I love. There where my heart has settled long ago, I must go, I must go. Who could imagine I'd be wandering so far from the home I love. Yet... there with my love, I'm home. [the train is heard] Tevye:
[concerned]
And, who my child will there be to perform a marriage there in the wilderness? Hodel:
[smiling]
Papa, I promise you, we will be married under a canopy. Tevye:
Yes, yes. No doubt, a Rabbi or two were also arrested. [the train pulls in, Tevye lifts Hodel's luggage aboard] Hodel:
[crying and hugging him]
Papa! God alone knows when we shall see each other again. Tevye:
Then, we will leave it in His hands. [he helps her aboard and watches the train pull out] Tevye:
[looking up]
Take care of her. See that she dresses warm
Full Transcript
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Motel is nothing
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Yente you said you had news for me
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Ah children children
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They are your blessing in your old age
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But my Aaron may he rest in peace couldn't give me children
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To tell you the truth he hardly tried
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But what's the use complaining Other women enjoy complaining
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Not Yente
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Not every woman in the world is a Yente
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Well I have to go home now to prepare my poor Sabbath meal
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Movie Summary
In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.

