The Jolly Glazier
from Journey Home by Tom Smith
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The Jolly Glazier
by Tom Smith and Larry Hanks, TomSmithMusic.com
Fall is here. The leaves are red.
It’s early in the morning and I’m rising out of bed
I’ve got a job to do. I put it off too long
So you’ll hear me sing my glazier song
Chorus:
Hey ho, been a long long time
Standing out upon the ladder in the bright sunshine
Hey ho, gonna lose my brain
If I work on one more window pane
I start with a scraper and work it all around
Flake the paint and putty as it falls upon the ground
Glaze it nice and easy as I go around the bend
Oops! I slip and break the window, gotta start it all again
[Chorus]
I go to the store, get a window glass
I bring it home to cut it. What a pain in the neck
Score it on the top. Support it from beneath
Say a prayer and bend it while I grit my teeth
[Chorus]
My knees are shaky. My arms are sore
I’ve only got to do just twenty nine more
This antique ladder is a wobbly wreck
I’ll be lucky if I finish with a one-piece neck
[Chorus]
At the top of the ladder there’s a real good view
I can see my neighbor pulling on an ice cold brew
Oh, what the heck I think I’ll have me a beer
This glazing can wait for another year
Chorus (appendix):
Hey – ho – long – time
Out – la – bright – shine
Hey – ho – lose – brain
Work – one –– doh pane
by Tom Smith and Larry Hanks, TomSmithMusic.com
Fall is here. The leaves are red.
It’s early in the morning and I’m rising out of bed
I’ve got a job to do. I put it off too long
So you’ll hear me sing my glazier song
Chorus:
Hey ho, been a long long time
Standing out upon the ladder in the bright sunshine
Hey ho, gonna lose my brain
If I work on one more window pane
I start with a scraper and work it all around
Flake the paint and putty as it falls upon the ground
Glaze it nice and easy as I go around the bend
Oops! I slip and break the window, gotta start it all again
[Chorus]
I go to the store, get a window glass
I bring it home to cut it. What a pain in the neck
Score it on the top. Support it from beneath
Say a prayer and bend it while I grit my teeth
[Chorus]
My knees are shaky. My arms are sore
I’ve only got to do just twenty nine more
This antique ladder is a wobbly wreck
I’ll be lucky if I finish with a one-piece neck
[Chorus]
At the top of the ladder there’s a real good view
I can see my neighbor pulling on an ice cold brew
Oh, what the heck I think I’ll have me a beer
This glazing can wait for another year
Chorus (appendix):
Hey – ho – long – time
Out – la – bright – shine
Hey – ho – lose – brain
Work – one –– doh pane
credits
from Journey Home,
released November 6, 2011
Derivative work of "Apple Picker's Reel" by Larry Hanks (BMI)
(c) 1966, 2009 Zippity Whippet Music, used by permission.
New lyrics by Tom Smith
New lyrics (c) 2007, 2001 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)
Tom Smith: vocals, guitar, jaw harp
Seth Connelly: banjo, bass
Derivative work of "Apple Picker's Reel" by Larry Hanks (BMI)
(c) 1966, 2009 Zippity Whippet Music, used by permission.
New lyrics by Tom Smith
New lyrics (c) 2007, 2001 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)
Tom Smith: vocals, guitar, jaw harp
Seth Connelly: banjo, bass
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“Folk music is still a living tradition that feeds on new songs that speak of people’s wants, needs, struggles and triumphs. Tom Smith is a man who writes songs that seem like they’ve always been there. There are very few songwriters working today that I would call folksingers, but I would call Tom Smith a true folksinger.” – Dave Palmeter, WUMB-FM Boston ... more
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