Aint We Crazy

Harry Mcclintock

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D A Now I know a little ditty it's as crazy as can be
D The guy who wrote it said he wanted it and handed it to me
G I found I couldn't use it because it sounded blue
D A D And that's the very reason why I'm handing it to you
D A It's a song the alligators sing while coming through the rye
D As they serenade the elephants up in the trees so high
G The iceman hums this ditty as he shovels in the coal
D A D And the monkeys join the chorus up around the northern pole
D A Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
D This is the way we pass the time away
A Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
D We're going to sing this song all night today
D A It was midnight on the ocean not a streetcar was in sight
D And the sun was shining brightly for it rained all day that night
G Twas a summer night in winter and the rain was snowing fast
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D A D And a barefoot boy with shoes on stood a-sitting in the grass
D A It was evening and the rising sun was setting in the west
D The little fishes in the trees were huddled in their nests
G The rain was pouring down and the moon was shining bright
D A D And everything that you could see was hidden out of sight
D A While the organ peeled potatoes lard was rendered by the choir
D The sexton rung the dishrag someone set the church on fire
G Holy smoke The preacher shouted in the rain he lost his hair
D A D Now his head resembles heaven for there is no parting there
D A The cows were making cowslips and the bells were ringing wet
D And the bumblebees were making bums and smoking cigarettes
G And a man slept in a stable and came out a little hoarse
D A D So he hopped upon his golf sticks and drove all around the course
D A Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
D This is the way we pass the time away
D A Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
D We're goin' to sing this song all night today
D A It was midnight on the ocean not a horsecar was in sight
D As I stepped into the drugstore to get myself a light
G The man behind the counter was a woman old and gray
D A D Who used to peddle shoestrings on the road to Mandalay
D A Good evening sir the woman said and her eyes were bright with tears
D As she put her head beneath her feet and stood that way for years
G Her children six were orphans except one tiny tot
D A D Who lived in a house across the street above a vacant lot
D A Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
D But this is the way we pass the time away
D A Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
D We're going to sing this song all night today
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