That Lucky Old Sun Lyrics

That Lucky Old Sun

That Lucky Old Sun

-Artist: Frankie Laine as sung on "Frankie Laine's
Greatest Hits"
-Columbia CS 8636
-peak Billboard position #1 for 8 weeks
in 1949
-competing versions charted by Vaughn Monroe (#6), Sarah Vaughan (#
14),
-Frank Sinatra (#16), Louis Armstrong (#19), and Bob Houston
(#27)
-Words by Haven Gillespie and Music by Beasley Smith


Up in
the mornin'
Out on the job
Work like the devil for my pay
But that
lucky old sun got nothin' to do
But roll around heaven all day.

Fuss
with my woman, toil for my kids
Sweat till I'm wrinkled and gray
While
that lucky old sun got nothin' to do
But roll around heaven all
day

Dear Lord above, can't you know I'm pining, tears all in my
eyes
Send down that cloud with a silver lining, lift me to
Paradise

Show me that river, take me across
Wash all my troubles
away
Like that lucky old sun, give me nothing to do
But roll around
heaven all day


Send down that cloud with a silver lining, lift me to
Paradise

Show me that river, take me across
Wash all my troubles
away
Like that lucky old sun, give me nothing to do
But roll around
heaven all day


Transcribed by Robin Hood

These lyrics were
transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above
and do not
necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet
music,
songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.