TEVYE (Spoken) Someone should have set a match to this place years ago
AVRAM A bench, a tree
LAZAR So, what's a stove? Or a house?
TEVYE People who pass through Anatevka don't even know they've been here
YENTE A stick of wood. A piece of cloth
ALL CAST What do we leave? Nothing much Only Anatevka
Anatevka, Anatevka Underfed, overworked Anatevka Where else could Sabbath be so sweet? Anatevka, Anatevka Intimate, obstinate Anatevka Where I know everyone I meet
Soon I'll be a stranger in a strange new place Searching for an old familiar face From Anatevka
I belong in Anatevka Tumble-down, work-a-day Anatevka Dear little village, little town of mine
TEVYE (spoken) Come children. Let's leave this place