Title:  fiddler on the chair

Composer:  Dave Conner / Tom Dunsmuir

Lead vocals:  entire cast, Jim Boyd

Backing vocals: 

Scene:  The cast dances in turn-of-the-century Russia, with Jim as a fiddler reluctant to play on the roof.

[EC]  Every time he has to climb a ladder,

Halfway up, his teeth begin to chatter,

Then his heart begins to pitter-patter,

So he comes back down.  Hey!

[JB]  Up high rooftops never do I dare.

Just call me Fiddler on the Chair.

[EC]  Up high rooftops never does he dare.

Just call him Fiddler on the Chair.

Every time he has to climb a ladder,

Halfway up, his teeth begin to chatter,

Then his heart begins to pitter-patter,

So he comes back down.  Hey!

[JB]  Up high rooftops, such an awful scare.

Just call me Fiddler on the Chair.

[EC]  Up high rooftops, such an awful scare.

Just call him Fiddler on the Chair.

Every time he has to climb a ladder,

Halfway up, his teeth begin to chatter,

Then his heart begins to pitter-patter,

So he comes back down.  Hey!

[JB]  Up high rooftops, Peter should beware.

Please call me Fiddler on the Chair.

[EC]  Up high rooftops, Peter should beware.

Please call him Fiddler on the Chair.

Play!

Just call him Fiddler on the Chair.

Just call him Fiddler on the Chair.

Just call him Fiddler on the Chair.

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