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That Lucky Old Sun Lyrics

Artist: Frankie Laine
Album: 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
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Comments/Interpretations

by maggie girl on 7/1/2008 7:07pm
RIP DAD ..... Love and miss you

by drew bear on 10/14/2008 2:49pm
RIP Jerry..

by Ryan on 3/10/2009 8:25pm
Terrific versions of this song were performed by Jerry Garcia.

by lizb on 3/26/2009 11:40am
my dads favourite. god bless TOM BROGAN.

by Dwight Collier on 10/8/2009 6:28pm
Thank you for explaining the copious number of versions.

by Joseph A Moreland on 2/25/2011 1:53pm
The Best singer of the time. and Frankie Liane gave a concert at William Beaumont Hospital and after the show the Band practiced for there next Show and they practiced a new Song Mule Train.

by Kerryn Narkle on 6/26/2012 6:04pm
In memory of my beloved Dad - memories of Frankie Laine belting out on the old record player.

by uncle bob on 8/22/2013 4:27pm
Recently passed, request to be played at funeral. RIP the bestest most loved uncle of all x