Oh no, don't let the rain come down - What is this song/lyrics?
jer...@delanet.com
David Lloyd <david...@ymp.gov> wrote:
> This snip of tune has been running through my mind and it's driving me
> nuts. I recall hearing it as a child in the mid-sixties. Can anyone
> identify it?
>
> "Oh no, don't let the rain come down, my roof's got a hole in it and I
> might drown."
>
> Who is the artist? What are the lyrics?
Sorry, I don't have the words. In my head, Harry Belafonte is singing it.
I'm not 100% sure he's ever performed it anywhere else, though.
Jeri
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wrote:
>This snip of tune has been running through my mind and it's driving me
>nuts. I recall hearing it as a child in the mid-sixties. Can anyone
>identify it?
>
>"Oh no, don't let the rain come down, my roof's got a hole in it and I
>might drown."
>
>Who is the artist? What are the lyrics?
>
The song is "Crooked Little Man" and was recorded by the Serendipity
Singers. The first verse as I recal it was:
There was a crooked man and he had a crooked smile
Had a crooked sixpence and he walked a crooked mile
He had a crooked cat and he had a crooked mouse
They all lived together in a crooked little house
Uh huh, oh no don't let the rain come down, etc.
If I get the chance, I'll refresh my memory off the CD and write the
lyrics here in the next day or two.
Peace!
Rick in CT
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LanceU1943
let the rain come down." They came out during the height of the 1960's folk
music craze.
There are several Serendipity Singers CDs out, which are based upon their lps.
Rbcsoup
the group in a live shot
What are some of the other CDs?
Michael Condon
song in question is on it when he returns from his current Buying trip about
Nov 17
7961. Harry Belafonte Folk Songs With... Coronet U.S.A. ? EX/EX- $ 2
His online catalogue sales site is at:
http://www.recordorium.com
He might also know if anyone else has recorded it.
jer...@delanet.com wrote:
> In article <3634FDF3...@ymp.gov>,
> David Lloyd <david...@ymp.gov> wrote:
> > This snip of tune has been running through my mind and it's driving me
> > nuts. I recall hearing it as a child in the mid-sixties. Can anyone
> > identify it?
> >
> > "Oh no, don't let the rain come down, my roof's got a hole in it and I
> > might drown."
> >
> > Who is the artist? What are the lyrics?
>
Chris Maukonen
> jer...@delanet.com wrote:
>
>> In article <3634FDF3...@ymp.gov>,
>> David Lloyd <david...@ymp.gov> wrote:
>> > This snip of tune has been running through my mind and it's driving me
>> > nuts. I recall hearing it as a child in the mid-sixties. Can anyone
>> > identify it?
>> >
>> > "Oh no, don't let the rain come down, my roof's got a hole in it and I
>> > might drown."
>> >
>> > Who is the artist? What are the lyrics?
>>
>> Sorry, I don't have the words. In my head, Harry Belafonte is singing it.
>> I'm not 100% sure he's ever performed it anywhere else, though.
>>
>> Jeri
Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)
- Artists: The Serendipity Singers
- peak Billboard position # 6 in 1964
- Words and Music by Ersel Hickey and Ed Miller
<bongo>
CHORUS
(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
My roof's got a hole in it and I might drown
Oh, yes, my roof's got a hole in it and I might drown
There was a crooked man and he had a crooked smile
Had a crooked sixpence and he walked a crooked mile
Had a crooked cat and he had a crooked mouse
They all lived together in a crooked little house
CHORUS
Well, this crooked little man and his crooked little smile
Took his crooked sixpence and he walked a crooked mile
Bought some crooked nails and a crooked little bat
Tried to fix his roof with a rat-tat-tat-tat-tat <five knocks on wooden surface>
CHORUS
Now this crooked little man and his crooked cat and mouse
They all live together in a crooked little house
Has a crooked door with a crooked little latch
Has a crooked roof with a crooked little patch
CHORUS <softly>
CHORUS <loudly>
(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
My roof's got a hole in it (my roof's got a hole in it)
My roof's got a hole in it and I might drown
Transcribed by Robin Hood
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Kathleen Shinners
*> David Lloyd <david...@ymp.gov> wrote:
*> > This snip of tune has been running through my mind and it's driving me
*> > nuts. I recall hearing it as a child in the mid-sixties. Can anyone
*> > identify it?
*> >
*> > "Oh no, don't let the rain come down, my roof's got a hole in it and I
*> > might drown."
*> >
*> > Who is the artist? What are the lyrics?
*>
Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) by the Serendipity
Singers circa 1964
There was a crooked man, and had a crooked wife
Had a crooked sixpence, and he lived a crooked life...
And somewhere in it a verse ends with: "With a rat-tat-tat-tat-tat."
I wish I had all the lyrics, too.
Kathy
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john
crooked man, it came out in the early sixties.
John
I
Gary Gilbert
(arranged and adapted by Bowers, Sennett, Madden)
I think it must have been recorded mid 1960s.
Phillips PHM 200-115 or PHS 600-115