Have You Paid The Rent? - 1924

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 29 Mar 2002

Ev'rybody seems to be in trouble nowadays,
Trouble comes to all of us
in many diff'rent ways.
Ev'rywhere you go,
You'll hear a tale of woe,
The butcher wants to 'Meat you'
and the baker wants his 'Dough'.
But there's one thing
no one ever wants to pay,
That's why this is now
the latest saying of the day.

Have you paid the rent?
Have you paid the rent?
Lordy Lordy Lordy
Have you paid the rent?
Here's a wrinkle when
Landlord is about
Send the kiddie down to say
That Mother says she's out.
Have you paid the rent?
Have you paid the rent?
Never never tell a lie
If you haven't paid the rent
one day you'll repent
And you won't go to heaven when you die.

Charlie Brown was bathing in the sea
and caught the cramp,
Silly thing to do
because the water was so damp.
Charlie shouted 'Oh'
A lobster caught his toes
Charlie threw his arms up
and he disappeared below.
Then a Policeman came and
at him had a look;
Said to Charlie Brown
as he pulled out his little book.

Have you paid the rent?
Have you paid the rent?
Lordy Lordy Lordy
Have you paid the rent?
Here's a wrinkle when
Landlord is about
Send the kiddie down to say
That Mother says she's out.
Have you paid the rent?
Have you paid the rent?
Never never tell a lie
If you haven't paid the rent
one day you'll repent
And you won't go to heaven when you die.

Johnson's got a nice house
with no knocker on the door,
Got no door to hang
a blessed knocker on and Lor'
no more roof remains
and tho' he still complains
He has his dinner underneath
the table when it rains.
And the neighbours' children
make poor Johnson swear
Shouting thro' the keyhole
of the door that isn't there.

Have you paid the rent?
Have you paid the rent?
Lordy Lordy Lordy
Have you paid the rent?
Here's a wrinkle when
Landlord is about
Send the kiddie down to say
That Mother says she's out.
Have you paid the rent?
Have you paid the rent?
Never never tell a lie
If you haven't paid the rent
one day you'll repent
And you won't go to heaven when you die.

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Have You Paid The Rent? 1924
Music by L. Silberman
Lyrics by Herbert Rule and Fred Holt
copyright 1924 by L. Silberman
Anglo-French Music Publisher
sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 29 March 2002 at 21.28
in association with Doug Grierson
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Published in Popular Music Weekly
on 21st June 1924
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