Rip Van Winkle Was A Lucky Man 1909

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 July 2010
2010

The biggest debate
that happened of late
Was at the "Lime Kiln Club" last night.
Jim Jones said he was right
and so did Moses White,
Jim argued with Mose
that Rip Van Winkle
was the luckiest man of all
But Mose had read 'bout Adam
in the good book,
So Jim's hand was called
Mose yelled: "Don't say no more,
'Cause what I know, I know."

That man Adam,
Was the luckiest man,
A lucky old soul was he;
You can't deny
he had no clothes to buy
Wore leaves from any old tree.
In his garden
grew good things to eat,
He was happy all the while;
Rip Van Winkle was a lucky man,
But Adam had him beat a mile.

That man Adam,
Was the luckiest man,
A lucky old soul was he;
You can't deny
he had no clothes to buy
Wore leaves from any old tree.
In his garden
grew good things to eat,
He was happy all the while;
Rip Van Winkle was a lucky man,
But Adam had him beat a mile.

Mose whispered to Jim
and said this to him:
"Don't ever make remarks like that.
Say nothin' tall stand pat
'less you know where you're at.
You argued with me
'bout Rip Van Winkle,
do you know how much he's worth?
Why Rip could never equal Uncle Adam,
'cause Adam owned the earth,
I s'pose now you'll agree,
It's down in history.

That man Adam,
Was the luckiest man,
A lucky old soul was he;
You can't deny
he had no clothes to buy
Wore leaves from any old tree.
In his garden
grew good things to eat,
He was happy all the while;
Rip Van Winkle was a lucky man,
But Adam had him beat a mile.

That man Adam,
Was the luckiest man,
A lucky old soul was he;
You can't deny
he had no clothes to buy
Wore leaves from any old tree.
In his garden
grew good things to eat,
He was happy all the while;
Rip Van Winkle was a lucky man,
But Adam had him beat a mile.

Soft karaoke
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lyric
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Rip Van Winkle Was A Lucky Man 1909
(But Adam Had Him Beat A Mile)
by Chris Smith & James Burris
© 1909 by Maurice Shapiro. New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 29 July 2010 at 10.35
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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