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Thread #17658   Message #2659821
Posted By: Jim Dixon
18-Jun-09 - 06:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: There's a Man that Comes to Our House
Subject: Lyr Add: THE MAN WHO COMES AROUND (Will Osborne)
See the link given by GUEST,Dave above. [And there are additional copies here and here.] Here's my transcription


THE MAN WHO COMES AROUND
(Tucker; Lair; Green)
As recorded by Will Osborne & His Slide Music, 1939, Varsity 8143.
"Vocal by Dale, Barbara, Stinky, Will & Members of the Orchestra."

1. There's a man who comes to our house ev'ry single day.
Pappy comes home and the man goes away.
I asked the man his name and, queer as it may sound,
He told me he was just the man who comes around.
The man who comes around, the man who comes around,
He told me he was just the man who comes around.

2. [CHILD'S VOICE] The man who comes to my house he comes to bring the milk.
He walks right in the kitchen and talks as smooth as silk.
I always have to hold his horsie out by the gate,
'Cause he always stays so long, the horsie hates to wait.

CHORUS: There's a man who comes to our house ev'ry single day.
Papa comes home and the man goes away.
Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay.
The man comes around when Papa goes away.

3. The man who comes to my house isn't such a dope.
He rings the bell and says, "I hope, I hope, I hope."
I know that he's a salesman by the way he steps inside.
He never sells a single thing but walks out satisfied. CHORUS

4. [ELMER FUDD VOICE] Greetings ...(?) I'm never gonna be
A carpenter or a plumber, no siree.
I'll never be a doctor with an office downtown.
I'm gonna be just the man who comes around. CHORUS

5. [POSH BRITISH VOICE] The chap who's coming to my house had better watch his footing
For if he isn't careful, he's going to get a booting.
He comes and goes so quickly, the neighbors all declare
That he must be surely the little man who wasn't there. CHORUS

6. The man who comes to my house comes to fix the phone.
He brings his tools with him but he always comes alone.
And just before he leaves the house, I guess I ought to mention,
He goes upstairs to Mammy's room and fixes her extension. CHORUS