Papa's On The House Top-Leroy Carr

[ti:Pap's On The Housetop] [ar:Scrapper Blackwell] [al:The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Papa's On The House Top - Leroy Carr [00:16.00]Mama made Papa be quiet as a mouse [00:18.48]Papa climbed up on the top o' the house [00:21.02]Made a lot o' whoopee made a lot o' noise [00:23.63]Stood up an' cheered with the rest of the boys [00:26.15]Baby's in the cradle Brother's gone to town [00:28.74]Sister's in the parlor tryin' on a gown [00:31.37]Mama's in the kitchen messin' all aroun' [00:33.97]Papa's on the housetop won't come down [00:36.21] [00:51.56]The blues they come The blues they come [00:54.19]Nobody knows where the blues come from [00:56.69]The blues they go The blues they go [00:59.24]And everybody's happy when the old blues go [01:01.92]Baby's in the cradle Brother's gone to town [01:04.48]Sister's in the parlor tryin' on a gown [01:07.03]Mama's in the kitchen messin' all aroun' [01:09.57]Papa's on the housetop won't come down [01:11.88] [01:27.38]Papa saw a chicken out in the yard [01:29.79]Picked up a rock and hit him hard [01:32.28]Hit him hard killed him dead [01:34.56]Now the chicken's in the gravy and the gravy's on the bread [01:37.40]Baby's in the cradle Brother's gone to town [01:39.92]Sister's in the parlor tryin' on a gown [01:42.44]Mama's in the kitchen messin' all aroun' [01:44.96]Papa's on the housetop won't come down [01:47.56] [02:02.51]Hush little baby don't you cry [02:05.01]Blues are gonna leave you by and by [02:07.52]Papa came in sure was sore [02:09.79]Put the baby in the cradle and the blues outdoor [02:12.61]Baby's in the cradle Brother's gone to town [02:15.17]Sister's in the parlor tryin' on a gown [02:17.75]Mama's in the kitchen messin' all aroun' [02:20.23]Papa's on the housetop won't come down