THE MAN WHO COMES AROUND
(Bud Green / Tommy Tucker)
The Sweet Violet Boys (under the title
"There's A Man That Comes To Our House") - 1937
Tommy Tucker Time - 1939
Nat Gonella & His New Georgians - 1939
Will Osborne & His Slide Music - 1940
Les Brown & His Band - 1943
Johnny Bond - 1965
Debbie & The Lads - 1969
Also recrded by:
Billy Cotton & His Band; Ozzie Nelson & His Orch; Chad Morgan.
There's a man that comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
The man who comes to our house, Mama thinks is nice
He comes in the summer and he brings Mama ice
Just a teeny weeny bit that soon melts away
And he has to come back again later in the day
There's a man that comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
The man who comes to our house comes to mow the lawn
He always seems to get here after Papa’s gone
After he leaves the house, Mama says to me
“You don’t have to tell your Pa everything you see”
There's a man that comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
The man who comes to our house drives a Cadillac
He drives it round the corner and he parks it in the back
Mama rushes to the door; he's right there to greet her
With "Open up, honey, and let me check your meter"
There's a man that comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
The man who comes to our house isn't such a dope
He climbs up on the porch and says, "I hope, I hope, I hope"
You can tell that he's a salesman by the way he slips inside
He never sells a single thing but walks out satisfied
There's a man that comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
The man who comes to our house comes to sell a brush
He comes in a hurry but he goes out in a rush
And after he has gone away, Mama's in a fret
If she didn't get everything she thought she ought to get
There's a man that comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
The man who comes to our house comes to take the trash
He’s tall, dark and handsome, with a little black moustache
It's all a bit strange, because it always seems to me
That he's much more familiar than a trashman ought to be
There's a man that comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
The man who comes to our house comes to bring the milk
He walks right in the kitchen and he talks as smooth as silk
I always have to hold his horse out by the gate
Because the milkman stays so doggone long the horse don't want to wait
There's a man that comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
The man who comes to our house comes to fix the phone
He brings his tools along with him, and he always comes alone
And just before he leaves the house, I guess I ought to mention
He goes upstairs to Mama's room and fixes her extension
There's a man that comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
The man who comes to our house, he's quite a jitterbug
He cuts it on the carpet and he cuts it on the rug
He cuts it in the hallway and he cuts it on the floor
When Papa comes home he cuts it out the door
There's a man that comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
Now, when I grow up, I don't wanna be
A plumber or a janitor, no sirree
I won't be a doctor with an office downtown
No, I'd rather be just a man that comes around
There's a man that comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
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As recorded by NAT GONELLA & HIS NEW GEORGIANS:
There's a man who comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
There's a man that comes to our house, he's very nice
He comes in the summertime to bring Mama ice
But the teeny-weeny little bit soon melts away
And he has to come back later in the day
There's a man who comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
There's a man that comes to my house, he comes to take the trash
In a little white jacket and a little black moustache
Now it's all very strange, I don't mind telling you, but it always seems to me
He's a little more familiar than a trashman ought to be
There's a man who comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
There's a man that comes to my house, he comes to bring the milk
He walks right in the kitchen and talks as smooth as silk
I always have to hold his horsey by the gate
'Cause he always stops so long, the horsey hates to wait
There's a man who comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
The man that comes to my house isn't such a dope
He rings the bell, says "I hope, I hope, I hope"
You can tell he is a salesman, the way he steps inside
He nevers sells a single thing, but walks out satisfied
There's a man who comes to our house every single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Oh, Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
And the man comes around when Papa goes away
Now when I grow up, I don't want to be a plumber
Or a drummer with Nat Gonella
What for, what do I get, buttons, no sirree
I don't want to be a doctor with an office uptown
You know what I want to be
I want to be the man what comes around, see
Oh, he'd rather be just the man who calls around
Oh, he'd rather be just the man who calls around
The man comes around, Papa goes away
Papa comes home, the man goes away
The man comes around, Papa goes away
Papa comes home, the man goes away
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As recorded by WILL OSBORNE & HIS SLIDE MUSIC:
MALE VOICE:
There's a man who comes to our house ev'ry single day
Pappy comes home and the man goes away
I asked the man his name and, queer as it may sound
He told me he was just the man who comes around
The man who comes around, the man who comes around
He told me he was just the man who comes around
CHILD'S VOICE:
The man who comes to my house, he comes to bring the milk
He walks right in the kitchen and talks as smooth as silk
I always have to hold his horsie out by the gate
'Cause he always stays so long, the horsie hates to wait
BAND:
There's a man who comes to our house ev'ry single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
The man comes around when Papa goes away
MAIL VOICE:
The man who comes to my house isn't such a dope
He rings the bell and says, "I hope, I hope, I hope"
I know that he's a salesman by the way he steps inside
He never sells a single thing but walks out satisfied
BAND:
There's a man who comes to our house ev'ry single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
The man comes around when Papa goes away
ELMER FUDD VOICE:
Greetings ??????, I'm never gonna be
A carpenter or a plumber, no sirree
I'll never be a doctor with an office downtown
I'm gonna be just the man who comes around, hah-hah-hah-hah
BAND:
There's a man who comes to our house ev'ry single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
The man comes around when Papa goes away
POSH VOICE:
The chap who comes to my house had better watch his footing
For if he isn't careful, he's going to get a booting
He comes and goes so quickly, the neighbours all declare
That he must be surely the little man who wasn't there
BAND:
There's a man who comes to our house ev'ry single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
The man comes around when Papa goes away
MALE VOICE:
The man who comes to my house comes to fix the phone
He brings his tools with him, but he always comes alone
And just before he leaves the house, I guess I ought to mention
He goes upstairs to Mammy's room and fixes her extension
BAND:
There's a man who comes to our house ev'ry single day
Papa comes home and the man goes away
Papa does the work and Mama gets the pay
The man comes around when Papa goes away
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2011)
