don't let the raiN come dowN - sereNdipity siNgers

Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)
Written by: Ed E. Miller, Ersel Hickey
Comments: Verses are traditional. "Mother Goose poem", Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes, 1842.


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Lyrics:
(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

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 

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

Singers:
1. Crooked Little House Jimmie Rodgers [1] 1960 2. Don't Let the Rain Come Down The Brothers Four October 1964 3. Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) The Serendipity Singers (billboard hot 100) 1964 4. Crooked Little Man Trini Lopez January 1965

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