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Papa's On the Housetop - Leroy Carr/Scrapper Blackwell

Mama made Papa be quiet as a mouse

Papa climbed up on the top o' the house

Made a lot o' whoopee made a lot o' noise

Stood up an' cheered with the rest of the boys

Baby's in the cradle Brother's gone to town

Sister's in the parlor tryin' on a gown

Mama's in the kitchen messin' all aroun'

Papa's on the housetop won't come down

The blues they come The blues they come

Nobody knows where the blues come from

The blues they go The blues they go

And everybody's happy when the old blues go

Baby's in the cradle Brother's gone to town

Sister's in the parlor tryin' on a gown

Mama's in the kitchen messin' all aroun'

Papa's on the housetop 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 tryin' on a gown

Mama's in the kitchen messin' all aroun'

Papa's on the housetop won't come down

Hush little baby don't you cry

Blues are gonna leave you by and by

Papa came in sure was sore

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 tryin' on a gown

Mama's in the kitchen messin' all aroun'

Papa's on the housetop won't come down