Song Lyrics Unknown - Shingling The Rum Sellers Roof    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Shingling The Rum Sellers Roof Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Shingling The Rum Sellers Roof Theme ID: 5438 Album: N/A SHINGLING THE RUM SELLERS ROOF (D) G C G / G D7 / G C G / G D7 G / Em Bm / Em D7 / G C G / G D7 G One night a poor wretch in a wayside saloon, Was lingering half drunken about, Heard the voice of the rum seller's wife, as she said, "Go put yonder drunken fool out." The rum seller smiling, he made this reply, In a voice that would brook no reproof, "Let him stay if he wants, he is doing no harm, The fellow is shingling our roof." D7 G D7 / D7 G / G C G / D7 G Are you shingling the rum seller's roof? Are you shingling the rum seller's roof? While your own house decays are you spending your days Just shingling the rum seller's roof? The months passed by, and he did not return, The rum seller noted with pain. So seeking him out with hospitable air, He asked his old friend to explain. "You want me to visit again your saloon, And ask why I linger aloof. With thanks for your kindness, this answer I'll give, Because I've been shingling your roof." CHORUS All ye who are shingling the rum seller's roof, And robbing yourselves and your own, Remember the winter of life draweth nigh, And soon will the summer have flown, 'Twill be no avail in the day of God's wrath, To offer high heaven the proof, That your own house is desolate only because, You've shingled the rum seller's roof. CHORUS And woe to the man with the rum seller's heart, Who covers himself at the cost Of mankind and womankind, marred and despoiled, Whose gain is that others are lost. On the day when his roof around him shall fall, And the weight of his sins bear the proof, The lost he has ruined shall crush him and cry, "We shingled the rum seller's roof." CHORUS "The best, logical argument in defense of sobriety ever published in song." Maybe so, but it turns out to be a great drinking song. Words by Rev. Robert Whitacker; music, copyright, and published by Andrew Lagerquist, Morris, Illinois, 1894. @drink sung by Joe Hickerson on Dull Care filename[ RUMSELLR DC ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Silk Merchants Daughter, Silkie, Silver Bells, Silver Dagger, Silver Dollar, Silver In The Stubble, Silver Threads Among The Gold, Simple Gifts, Simss Flotilla, Since First I Saw Your Face, Singapore Anthem Text, Singapore Native Anthem Text, Singers Request, Single Girl, Singular Dream, Sinner Man, Sioux Indians, Sir Hugh Or The Jews Daughter, Sir James The Rose, Sir Patrick Spens, Sir Simon De Montford, Sir William Gower, Sittin On Top Of The World, Skibbereen, Skip To My Lou, Skiving, Skye Boat Song, Slieve Gallen Braes, Slovakia Anthem Text, Slovakia Native Anthem Text, Slovenia Anthem Text, Slovenia Native Anthem Text, Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette, Smut, Snatch And Grab It, Snoopys Christmas, So Early In The Spring, Sodden Clods Are Coming To Town A New Years Carol, Solar Carol, Soldier Maid, Soldier Soldier Will You Marry Me, Soldiers, Solid Fas, Solidarity Forever, Solomon Island Anthem Text, Some Talk Of Ronald Reagan, Some Things Never Change, Somebodys Grandmother, Somebodys Tall And Handsome, Someday Soon, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy