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

music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets