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There’s a Rental in This Town
Lyrics © 2013 Unlisted Songwriter
- Tune
- there’s a Tavern in the Town
- Written by
- Unlisted Songwriter
- Gaggle
- Seattle
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SING IT to the tune of there’s a Tavern in the Town
There’s a rental in this town, in this town,
And there my fam’ly settled down, settled do-o-own.
We ate and slept and played there every day,
And paid our rent so we could stay.
Chorus:
Fare thee well for we must leave thee.
Do not let this parting grieve thee.
Our rent jumped sky high believe me,
And so we must part.
Adieu, adieu kind friends, adieu, yes, adieu.
We can no longer be with you, be with you, ou, ou, ou.
We’ll hang our clothes on a weeping willow tree,
And sleep in Nickelsville for free.
♦ ♦ ♦
Written by
Unlisted Songwriter
For the
Seattle Gaggle
Free to sing, share, and print with credit to Unlisted Songwriter and the Seattle Raging Grannies. Not for sale. raginggrannies.org