TEVYE: Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play? GOLDE: I don't remember growing older When did they? TEVYE: When did she get to be a beauty? When did he grow to be so tall? GOLDE: Wasn't it yesterday When they were small? MEN: Sunrise, sunset Sunrise, sunset Swiftly flow the days Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers Blossoming even as we gaze WOMEN: Sunrise, sunset Sunrise, sunset Swiftly fly the years One season following another Laden with happiness and tears TEVYE: What words of wisdom can I give them? How can I help to ease their way? GOLDE: Now they must learn from one another Day by day PERCHIK: They look so natural together HODEL: Just like two newlyweds should be PERCHIK & HODEL: Is there a canopy in store for me? ALL: Sunrise, sunset Sunrise, sunset Swiftly fly the years One season following another Laden with happiness and tears