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"After a lifetime... A piece of paper, an edict for the authorities, and we must all leave our homes." |
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"Rabbi, we've been waiting for the Messiah all our lives... |
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Wouldn't this be a good time for him to come?" |
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(Rabbi) |
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"We'll have to wait for him someplace else. Meanwhile, let's start packing." |
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(Yente) |
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"Well, Anatevka hasn't been exactly the Garden of Eden." |
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(Avram) |
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"That's true." |
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(Golde) |
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"After all, what have we got here?" |
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A little bit of this |
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A little bit of that |
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(Yente) |
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A pot |
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(Lazar) |
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A pan |
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(Mendel) |
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A broom |
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(Avram) |
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A hat |
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(Tevye) |
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"Someone should have set a match to this place years ago." |
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(Mendel) |
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A bench |
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(Avram) |
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A tree |
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(Golde) |
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So what's a stove? |
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(Lazar) |
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Or a house |
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(Mendel) |
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"People who pass through Anatevka don't even know they've been here." |
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(Golde) |
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A stick of wood |
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(Yente) |
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A piece of cloth |
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(All) |
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What do we leave |
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Nothing much |
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Only Anatevka |
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Anatevka, Anatevka |
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Underfed, overworked Anatevka |
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Where else could Sabbath be so sweet |
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Anatevka, Anatevka |
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Intimate, obstinate Anatevka |
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Where I know everyone I meet |
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Soon I'll be a stranger in a strange new place |
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Searching for an old familiar face |
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From Anatevka |
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I belong in Anatevka |
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Tumbledown, workaday Anatevka |
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Dear little village, little town of mine |