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                                                                                    Fiddler On The Roof Tog ayn, tog oys - Sunrise Sunset 
                                                                            Music -  Jerrold Lewis "Jerry" Bock(1928-201o), Lyrics - Sheldon Harnick(1924)

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 This is a beautifully sung marriage procession from the movie: Fiddler On The Roof features  the song lyrics of "SUNRISE SUNSET". Fiddler on the Roof is a musical , which was loosely based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Milkman and Other Tales). It was created by Sholem Aleichem. It opened in 1964, with the premise of it being the original Broadway show .It  was the first musical theatre run in history to exceed  3,000 performances. Fiddler held  the record for the longest-running Broadway musical for almost 10 years. However, Grease managed to surpass its run. It was nominated for ten Tony Awards. It won nine of them This  included Best Musical, best score, book, direction and choreography. The story's theme focuses on Tevye, the father of five daughters. He attempts to maintain his family and Jewish religious traditions while outside influences  encroach upon their lives. His three older daughters are strong willed in their actions. —each one's choice of husband moves further away from  the customs of his faith- Also, he must deal with the edict of the Tsar that evicts the Jews  from their village.

Yiddish
Golde:          Iz dos  mayn meydele, dos  kleyne?
                      Iz es dos yingele ikh  zey?
 Tevye:         Git nor a kuk vi  shoyn dervaksn zenen  zey!
 Golde:         Ven iz zi azoy  sheyn  gevorn?
                      Ven iz er oysgevaksn  hoykh?
 Tevye:         Ersht nekhtn hobn zey geshpilt in hoyf!
 Bokherim:  Tog ayn tog oys, tog  ayn tog oys, dos iz undzer loyt!
 Meydlekh:   Tog ayn tog oys, tog ayn tog oys, dos iz dayn  basher!
                       Loyfn di yorn nokh anander, trogn zey freydn mit a trer.
 Golde:          Zol ikh mit eytses zey farzorgn?
                       Zol ikh zey  helfn efsher, zog?
 Tevye:         Got helft zey yedern frimorgn, tog bay  tog.
 Pertshik:     Zey zeyen oys vi naygeboyrn.
 Hodl:           Punkt vi a nay porfolk zet oys.
 Pertshik un Hodl:  Iz nokh a khupe do far undz nor  bloyz?
 Ale:        Tog ayn tog oys,  tog ayn tog oys, dos iz dayn basher!
                Loyfn di yorn nokh anander, trogn  zey freydn mit a trer.

English
Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?
I don't remember growing older,
When did  they?
 
When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he grow to be so  tall?
Wasn't it yesterday when they were small?

(Chorus:)
Sun-rise, sun-set, sun-rise, sun-set,
Swiftly flow the days;
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers,
Blossoming even as we gaze.

Sun-rise, sun-set, sun-rise,  sun-set,
Swiftly fly the years;
One season following another,
Laden with happiness...and tears.

Now is the little boy a  bridegroom,
Now is the little girl a bride;
Under the canopy I see them,  side by side.
Place the gold ring upon her finger,
Drink the sweet wine  and break the glass -
Soon the full circle will have come to  pass.