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That Lucky Old Sun
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-Artist: Frankie Laine as sung on "Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits"
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-Columbia CS 8636
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-peak Billboard position #1 for 8 weeks in 1949
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-competing versions charted by Vaughn Monroe (#6), Sarah Vaughan (# 14),
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-Frank Sinatra (#16), Louis Armstrong (#19), and Bob Houston (#27)
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-Words by Haven Gillespie and Music by Beasley Smith
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Up in the mornin'
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Out on the job
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Work like the devil for my pay
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But that lucky old sun got nothin' to do
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But roll around heaven all day.
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Fuss with my woman, toil for my kids
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Sweat till I'm wrinkled and gray
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While that lucky old sun got nothin' to do
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But roll around heaven all day
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Dear Lord above, can't you know I'm pining, tears all in my eyes
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Send down that cloud with a silver lining, lift me to Paradise
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Show me that river, take me across
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Wash all my troubles away
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Like that lucky old sun, give me nothing to do
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But roll around heaven all day
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Send down that cloud with a silver lining, lift me to Paradise
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Show me that river, take me across
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Wash all my troubles away
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Like that lucky old sun, give me nothing to do
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But roll around heaven all day
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That Lucky Old Sun
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| Frankie Laine |
