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Thread #39980   Message #2759738
Posted By: Jim Dixon
04-Nov-09 - 06:15 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords: Papa's on the Housetop (Leroy Carr)
Subject: Lyr Add: PAPA'S ON THE HOUSETOP (Leroy Carr)
This video, about roof replacement, has as its soundtrack the original recording by Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell. Here's a transcription, in case you care about having it exactly the way it was sung then:


PAPA'S ON THE HOUSETOP
(Leroy Carr)

1. Mama made Papa be quiet as a mouse.
Papa climbed up on the top o' the house,
Made a lot o' whoopee, made a lot o' noise,
Stood up an' cheered with the rest of the boys.

CHORUS:
Baby's in the cradle. Brother's gone to town.
Sister's in the parlor, tryin' on a gown.
Mama's in the kitchen, messin' all aroun'.
Papa's on the housetop, won't come down.

2. The blues they come. The blues they come.
Nobody knows where the blues come from.
The blues they go. The blues they go,
And everybody's happy when the old blues go.

3. Papa saw a chicken out in the yard,
Picked up a rock and hit him hard,
Hit him hard, killed him dead,
Now the chicken's in the gravy and the gravy's on the bread.

4. Hush-a, little baby. Don't you cry.
Blues gonna leave you by and by.
Papa came in, sure was sore(?),
Put the baby in the cradle, and the blues outdoor.