Do You Love Me?

[TEVYE] 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 your cows,
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,
So now I'm asking Golde,
Do you love me?

[GOLDE] I'm your wife!
[TEVYE] But do you love me?

[GOLDE]
Do I love him?
For twenty five years I've lived with him,
Fought with 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.