[00:01.581]# Matchmaker
[00:03.018]Hodel: Tzeitel you are the oldest,
[00:04.480]they have to make a match for you
[00:06.440]before they make a match for me.
[00:07.772]Chava: And after her one for me.
[00:09.339]So if Yente brings you …
[00:10.358]Zeitel: Oh, Yente, Yente.
[00:11.272]H: Well, somebody has to arrange the matches,
[00:13.649]young people can’t decide these things for themselves.
[00:16.262]C: She might bring someone wonderful.
[00:18.247]H: Someone interesting.
[00:19.579]C: And well-off.
[00:20.676]H: And important.
[00:21.800]H:
[00:22.218]Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match.
[00:25.901]Find me a find,
[00:27.599]catch me a catch.
[00:29.271]Matchmaker, matchmaker look through your book,
[00:32.536]and make me a perfect match!
[00:35.436]C:
[00:36.402]Matchmaker, matchmaker I’ll bring the veil,
[00:39.484]you bring the groom, slender and pale.
[00:42.854]Bring me a ring for I’m longing to be
[00:45.884]the envy of all I see.
[00:49.202]H: For papa, make him a scholar.
[00:52.781]C: For mama, make him rich as a king.
[00:55.680]H/C:
[00:56.804]For me, well, I wouldn’t holler,
[00:59.599]if he were as handsome as anything.
[01:02.969]Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match,
[01:06.443]find me a find, catch me a catch.
[01:09.787]Night after night in the dark I’m alone,
[01:12.791]so find me a match of my own.
[01:18.851]T:
[01:21.280]Since when have you interested in a match Chava?
[01:23.553]I thought you just had your eye on your books.
[01:25.643]And you had your eye on the rabbi’s son.
[01:29.039]H:
[01:29.587]Well why not?
[01:30.789]We only have one rabbi, and he only has one son.
[01:33.845]Why shouldn’t I want the best?
[01:35.151]T:
[01:35.622]Because you are a girl from a poor family,
[01:37.163]so whatever Yente brings, you’ll take,
[01:40.245]right?
[01:41.630]Of course right!
[01:45.940]Hodel, Oh Hodel, have I made a match for you.
[01:49.911]He’s handsome, he’s young,
[01:51.791]all right he’s sixty-two.
[01:53.463]But he’s a nice man, a good catch.
[01:55.971]True? True!
[01:57.538]I promise you’d be happy,
[01:59.341]and even if you’re not.
[02:01.222]There’s more to life than that,
[02:02.972]don’t ask me what!
[02:06.969]Chava, I found him! Will you be a lucky bride.
[02:12.115]He’s handsome, he’s tall,
[02:13.578]that is from side to side.
[02:15.328]But he’s a nice man, a good catch.
[02:17.757]Right? Right!
[02:19.220]You heard he has a temper,
[02:21.022]he’d beat you every night.
[02:22.642]But only when he’s sober,
[02:24.915]so you’re all right!
[02:26.874]Did you think you’d get a prince?
[02:29.408]Well I do the best I can.
[02:33.091]With no dowry, no money, no family background,
[02:38.890]be glad you got a man!
[02:42.913]C:
[02:48.373]Matchmaker, matchmaker, you know that I’m still very young.
[02:54.590]Please take your time.
[02:56.915]H: Up to this minute I misunderstood,
[03:00.389]that I could get stuck for good.
[03:03.471]H/C:
[03:04.203]Dear Yente, see that he’s gentle.
[03:07.468]Remember you were also a bride.
[03:10.577]H/C/T:
[03:10.890]It’s not that I’m sentimental,
[03:14.469]it’s just that I’m terrified!
[03:19.772]H: Matchmaker, matchmaker plan me no plans.
[03:23.011]C: I’m in no rush, maybe I’ve learn’t.
[03:26.773]H: Playing with matches a girl can get burnt.
[03:32.702]H/C/T:
[03:33.251]So bring me no ring,
[03:35.733]groom me no groom,
[03:37.378]find me no find,
[03:39.129]catch me no catch.
[03:40.670]Unless he’s a matchless match!