WHISTLERS AND JUGGLERS 
(Shel Silverstein)

Waylon Jennings - 1978
Bob Gibson - 1995


 

You take the lady and I'll take the lesson
I can't say that anyone is doin' me wrong
'Cause I always knew that the girl had a weakness
For whistlers and jugglers and singers of songs

She was a child back when I first found her
The dreamer inside her was just bein' born
I knew she'd come with me 'cause she had a fever
For whistlers and jugglers and singers of songs

Whistlers will whistle a tune she can dance to
The jugglers will cheer her when she starts to cry
Singers will sing her a bed of red roses

She'll laugh in the face of the wealthy and famous
You'll never lose her to the handsome or strong
All of your life, boy, watch over your shoulder
For whistlers and jugglers and singers of songs



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2011)