Sunrise, Sunset

Sheldon Harnick
American-born film-stage lyricst
30 April, 1924 -
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London Festival Chorus (1999)
- Sunrise, Sunset
(Bock and Harnick)

Sunrise, Sunset
from 'Fiddler on the Roof' (1971)

Music: Jerry Bock
Words: Sheldon Harnick

London Festival Chorus (1999)
Non-film version

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?

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 bridegroom
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

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