Lazybones 1933

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24Mar2025
2025

Long as there is chicken gravy
on your rice
Everything is nice
Long as there's a watermelon
on the vine
Everything is fine
You got no time to work
You got no time to play
Busy doin' nothin' all the livelong day
You won't ever change no matter what I say
You're just made that way

Lazybones, sleepin' in the sun
How you spect to get your day's work done?
Never get your day's work done
Sleepin' in the noon day sun
Lazybones, sleepin' in the shade
How you spect to get your cornmeal made?
Never get your cornmeal made
Sleepin' in the evening shade
When taters need sprayin'
I bet you keep prayin'
The bugs fall off of the vine
And when you go fishin'
I bet you keep wishin'
The fish won't grab at your line
Lazybones, loafin' thru' the day
How you spect to make a dime that way?
Never make a dime that way
(Well looky here)
He never heared a word I say

Lazybones, sleepin' in the sun
How you spect to get your day's work done?
Never get your day's work done
Sleepin' in the noon day sun
Lazybones, sleepin' in the shade
How you spect to get your cornmeal made?
Never get your cornmeal made
Sleepin' in the evening shade
When taters need sprayin'
I bet you keep prayin'
The bugs fall off of the vine
And when you go fishin'
I bet you keep wishin'
The fish won't grab at your line
Lazybones, loafin' thru' the day
How you spect to make a dime that way?
Never make a dime that way
(Well looky here)
He never heared a word I say

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Lazybones 1933
Lyrics & music by Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael
© 1933 by Southern Music Publishing Co.Inc.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 24 March 2025 at 08.56
in association with Fred Feild, The Sheet Music Singer
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James Pitt-Payne