That Lucky Old Sun

That Lucky Old Sun -Artist: Frankie Laine as sung on "Frankie Laines 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 Im wrinkled and gray While that lucky old sun got nothin to do But roll around heaven all day Dear Lord above, cant you know Im 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.