11- Do You Love Me? 53zf

TEVYE "Golde, I have decided to give Perchik permission to become engaged to our daughter, Hodel." GOLDE "What??? He's poor! He has nothing, absolutely nothing!" TEVYE "He's a good man, Golde. I like him. And what's more important, Hodel likes him. Hodel loves him. So what can we do? It's a new world... A new world. Love. Golde..." Do you love me? GOLDE Do I what? TEVYE Do you love me? GOLDE Do I love you? With our daughters getting married And this trouble in the town You're upset, you're worn out Go inside, go lie down! Maybe it's indigestion TEVYE "Golde I'm asking you a question..." Do you love me? GOLDE You're a fool TEVYE "I know..." But do you love me? GOLDE Do I love you? For twenty-five years I've washed your clothes Cooked your meals, cleaned your house Given you children, milked the cow After twenty-five years, why talk about love right now? TEVYE Golde, The first time I met you Was on our wedding day I was scared GOLDE I was shy TEVYE I was nervous GOLDE So was I TEVYE But my father and my mother Said we'd learn to love each other And now I'm asking, Golde Do you love me? GOLDE I'm your wife TEVYE "I know..." But do you love me? GOLDE Do I love him? For twenty-five years I've lived with him Fought him, starved with him Twenty-five years my bed is his If that's not love, what is? TEVYE Then you love me? GOLDE I suppose I do TEVYE And I suppose I love you too BOTH It doesn't change a thing But even so After twenty-five years It's nice to know t39j