The Ballad of Harry Lewis-Allan Sherman

[ti:The Ballad of Harry Lewis] [ar:Allan Sherman] [al:My Son, The Folk Singer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ballad of Harry Lewis - Allan Sherman [00:08.25]I'm singing you the ballad [00:09.96] [00:11.56]Of a great man of the cloth [00:13.12] [00:15.18]His name was Harry Lewis [00:16.51] [00:18.11]And he worked for Irving Roth [00:19.96] [00:27.64]He died while cutting velvet [00:28.68] [00:36.53]On a hot July the 4th [00:38.05] [00:40.68]But his cloth goes shining on [00:44.18] [00:46.79]Glory glory Harry Lewis [00:49.40] [00:52.51]Glory glory Harry Lewis [00:55.36] [00:57.90]Glory glory Harry Lewis [01:00.73] [01:03.10]His cloth goes shining on [01:06.92] [01:11.61]Oh Harry Lewis perished [01:12.84] [01:21.37]In the service of his Lord [01:23.11] [01:26.53]He was trampling through the warehouse [01:28.90] [01:32.71]Where the drapes of Roth are stored [01:34.61] [01:48.89]He had the finest funeral [01:50.30] [01:51.93]The union could afford [01:52.96] [01:55.23]And his cloth goes shining on [01:58.62] [02:01.71]Glory glory Harry Lewis [02:04.26] [02:07.07]Glory glory Harry Lewis [02:09.98] [02:12.98]Glory glory Harry Lewis [02:15.90] [02:18.10]His cloth goes shining on [02:22.01] [02:27.19]Although a fire was raging [02:28.88] [02:30.91]Harry stood by his machine [02:32.46] [02:36.17]And when the firemen broke in [02:37.88] [02:39.68]They discovered him between [02:40.78] [02:44.16]A pile of roasted Dacron [02:45.43] [02:47.45]And some french fried gabardine [02:48.91] [02:51.28]His cloth goes shining on [02:54.19] [02:57.46]Glory glory Harry Lewis [03:00.34] [03:02.96]Glory glory Harry Lewis [03:05.98] [03:08.88]Glory glory Harry Lewis [03:12.15] [03:14.09]His cloth goes shining on