-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
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