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But why won't you tell me where he is?
It is far, Papa, terribly far
He was arrested, he is in a settlement in Siberia

Siberia? And he asks you to join him in that frozen wasteland
And marry him there?
No, Papa, he did not ask me to go, I want to go
But Hodel, baby
But Papa

How can I hope to make you understand?
Why I do, what I do
Why I must travel to a distant land
Far from the home I love

Once I was happily content to be
As I was, where I was
Close to the people who are close to me
Here in the home I love

Who could see that a man would come
Who would change the shape of my dreams?
Helpless now, I stand with him
Watching older dreams grow dim

Oh, what a melancholy choice this is
Wanting home, wanting him
Closing my heart to every hope but his
Leaving the home I love

There where my heart has settled long ago I must go, I must go
Who could imagine I'd be wandering so
Far from the home I love
Yet, there with my love I'm home

Well, give him my regards, this Moses of yours
I always thought he was a good man
Tell him I rely on his honor to treat my daughter well, tell him that
Papa, God alone knows when we shall see each other again
Then we will leave it in His hands

There where my heart has settled long ago I must go, I must go
Who could imagine I'd be wandering so
Far from the home I love
Yet, there with my love I'm home

But why won't you tell me where he is?
It is far, Papa, terribly far