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Thread #16861   Message #196375
Posted By: Joe Offer
16-Mar-00 - 06:47 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Don't Let the Rain Come Down
Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T LET THE RAIN COME DOWN
DON'T LET THE RAIN COME DOWN (Crooked Little Man)
(Ersel Hickey & Ed E. Miller)
Recorded by The Serendipity Singers, 1964

CHORUS
(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
My roof's got a hole in it and I might drown
Oh, yes, my roof's got a hole in it and I might drown
There was a crooked man and he had a crooked smile
Had a crooked sixpence and he walked a crooked mile
Had a crooked cat and he had a crooked mouse
They all lived together in a crooked little house

CHORUS

Well, this crooked little man and his crooked little smile
Took his crooked sixpence and he walked a crooked mile
Bought some crooked nails and a crooked little bat
Tried to fix his roof with a rat-tat-tat-tat-tat

CHORUS

Now this crooked little man and his crooked cat and mouse
They all live together in a crooked little house
Has a crooked door with a crooked little latch
Has a crooked roof with a crooked little patch
CHORUS

CHORUS

(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
My roof's got a hole in it (my roof's got a hole in it)
My roof's got a hole in it and I might drown


I thought this should be posted here, for the sake of....whatever. Jon Freeman deserves the credit for finding these lyrics. I'm listening to a little Tom Petty now, to banish the overdose of syrup from my brain. Doesn't this song remind you of "It's a Small World"?
-Joe Offer, who admits he kinda likes this song-