Tom Russell - The Lonesome d**h Of Ukelele Ike lyrics

I was born in Hannibal, Missouri A funny little frog-faced man Made my livin' singin' in the movies On the back lots of Fantasy Land Mark Twain came from Hannibal, Missouri And various other drunks like me I learned to play the ukulele And reinvented my destiny 'Cause no one dies, do they? Not if they play the Ukulele And no one cries, baby Not if they're wishin' on a star, well maybe Yes, I kept singin' in the rain Dancin' in the Kleig light sunshine too I was the voice of Jiminy Cricket Wishin' on a star for you But I died penniless and forgotten In the motion picture old folks' home In Never Land I was in High Cotton My voice warbled out of the gramophone So hand me down my walkin' cane My old vaudevillian crooner's pipes Heh, I got one more song for you, Charley It's called, 'The lonesome d**h of Ukulele Ike'