Monday, April 12, 2021

Leroy Carr: Papa's on the Housetop

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlCjZziJSR0

Papa's On The House Top
Song by Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell

Mama made Papa be quiet as a mouse
So Papa climbed on top of the house
Made a lot of whoopee, made a lot of noise
Stood up and cheered with the rest of the boys 

Baby's in the cradle, brother's gone to town
Sister's in the parlor, trying on a gown
Mama's in the kitchen messing all around
Papa's on the house top, won't come down 

The Blues they've come, the Blues they've come
Nobody knows where the Blues come from
The Blues they've gone, the Blues they've gone
And everybody's happy when the old Blues gone 

Baby's in the cradle, brother's gone to town
Sister's in the parlor, trying on a gown
Mama's in the kitchen messing all around
Papa's on the house top, won't come down 

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 

Baby's in the cradle, brother's gone to town
Sister's in the parlor, trying on a gown
Mama's in the kitchen messing all around
Papa's on the house top, won't come down 

Hush-a-little baby, don't you cry
Blues gonna leave you by and by
Papa came in, sure was cold
Put the baby in the cradle and the Blues outdoor 

Baby's in the cradle, brother's gone to town
Sister's in the parlor, trying on a gown
Mama's in the kitchen messing all around
Papa's on the house top, won't come down

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Leroy Carr

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