There was a rich man and he lived in Jerusalem
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
He wore a silk hat and his coat was very sprucium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
And at his gate there sat a human wreckium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
He wore a bowler hat and the rim was round his neckium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
That poor man asked for a piece of bread and cheesium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
The rich man answered, "I'll call for a policeium"
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
The poor man died and his soul went to heavium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
And he danced with the saints 'til quarter past ellevium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
And there he dwelt in Abraham's bosium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Fraternizing there with scores of other Jewseum
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
The rich man died but he didn't fare so wellium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
He couldn't go to heaven so he had to go to hellium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
The rich man asked for to have a consolium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
The devil only answered, "Come shovel on the coalium."
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
The moral of this story is that riches are no jokium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
We will all go to heaven because we are stony brokium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
He wore a silk hat and his coat was very sprucium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
And at his gate there sat a human wreckium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
He wore a bowler hat and the rim was round his neckium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
That poor man asked for a piece of bread and cheesium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
The rich man answered, "I'll call for a policeium"
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
The poor man died and his soul went to heavium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
And he danced with the saints 'til quarter past ellevium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
And there he dwelt in Abraham's bosium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Fraternizing there with scores of other Jewseum
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
The rich man died but he didn't fare so wellium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
He couldn't go to heaven so he had to go to hellium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
The rich man asked for to have a consolium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
The devil only answered, "Come shovel on the coalium."
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
The moral of this story is that riches are no jokium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
We will all go to heaven because we are stony brokium
Glory, hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum
Hi-ro-je-rum, hi-ro-je-rum
Skinamalinkadoolium
Skinamalinkadoolium
Glory hallelujah hi-ro-je-rum.
inviata da Bernart Bartleby - 1/10/2019 - 19:10
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Col titolo di "Hi-Ro-Jerum" – che non sia una storpiatura per "Oremus"? - la trovo nel disco di Sandy Paton (musicista e ricercatore musicale, fondatore dell'etichetta Folk-Legacy Records) "Never Trust a Skier and Other Songs Sung in the Alpen Inn" (1961). Una versione ancora precedente – primi anni 50 – è quella di Sam Hinton, altro folksinger polistrumentista.
Sulle CCG esiste già un brano intitolato The Rich Man and the Poor Man, e si tratta certamente di un'attualizzazione di questo testo resa ai tempi della Grande Depressione... Tuttavia "Hi-Ro-Jerum", col suo latinorum, è senz'altro più antica... Mi occorre anche una correzione: il testo interpretato da Bob e Louise DeCormier nella raccolta “Hootenanny Tonight!” edita nel 1959 dalla Folkways Records, è questo e non " The Rich Man And The Poor Man" di Bob Miller...
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