Now once upon a time in a nursery rhyme three little men got lost
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Like you and me they couldn't agree and upon the wave they tossed
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Well I'll sing their tune cause I got marooned with the love I can't forget
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Now the three little men just took me in on an ocean of regret
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With a rub-a-dub-dub three men in the tub lost on the ocean blue
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I roll like a hub sing rub-a-dub-dub cause you're broke my heart in two
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[ fiddle ]
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Well my heart is sore and I can't reach shore and I'm driftin' far away
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From the love I had I'm feelin' mighty bad and I can't go on this way
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Won't you throw out the line and say you're mine and take me back again
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Cause my rudder's broke and it ain't no joke won't you reach and pull me in
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With a rub-a-dub-dub...
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[ steel ]
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Well I knew right away there'd never come a day when I'd reach the land again
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The one I 'dore on the distant shore is now at rainbow's end
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To the three little guys I turn my eyes won't you tell your names to me
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Now one said fate, one said hate and the other said jealousy
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With a rub-a-dub-dub...
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Rub-A-Dub-Dub
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| Hank Thompson |
