From the musical “Fiddler on the Roof”, 1964.
Words by Sheldon Harnick.
Music by Jerry Bock.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Is this the little boy I carried?
Is this the little girl 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?
Refrain
Sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze
Sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
- Now is the little boy a bride groom?
Now is the little girl a bride?
Under the canopy I see them
Side by side
Place the gold ring around her finger
Share the sweet wine and break the glass
Soon the full circle will have come to pass