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I Was Once a Rich Man

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"I Was Once a Rich Man"
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Song Information
Characters: Krusty the Clown
Hyman Krustofsky
Writer(s): Original: Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock
Parody lyrics: Ian Boothby
Appearance(s): Simpsons: The Musical

"I Was Once a Rich Man" is a song by Krusty the Clown and Hyman Krustofsky in Bankruptcy: The Musical.

Lyrics[edit]

Krusty:
I was once a rich man!
Ya ya deedle daddle homma homma homma hey hey hey!
All day long I spend all of my dough on the track,
Booze, dames and -- Hey!
I'm in chapter eleven.
Ya ya deddle dobble dibble yabba dabba dabba doo!
It'll be years until my credit's right.
Being broke, oh man, it really bites!
I wish my dead dad could be here tonight--
Hyman Krustofsky:
I am here! I'm alive!
And you're a schmuck!

Behind the Laughter[edit]

"I Was Once a Rich Man" is a parody of "If I Were a Rich Man" from Fiddler on the Roof.

Appearances[edit]