The Best of the Chad Mitchell Trio (The Mercury Years)
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[Intro] Funeral Directors of America I am very deeply honored standing here Receiving this token of your esteem "The Funeral Director of the Year" Now, I've been asked by all the delegates And members of the board To tell you of the funeral That won me this award It was handled with taste and dignity That much I can say for it And I'm sure it will take the family Twenty years to pay for it [Verse 1] It was a helluva funeral It was a helluva funeral The finest funeral ever booked I had some high school juniors Who passed around petunias And lilies everywhere you looked [Verse 2] It was a helluva funeral I say one helluva funeral Oh, how I wish that you were there I had ten drum majorettes Doublin' on the castanets It really was a lively affair It really was a lively affair [Verse 3] It was a helluva funeral It was a helluva funeral The National Guard showed up for me And during the oration They went into formation And formed the letters R-I-P [Verse 4] It was a helluva funeral I say one helluva funeral I gave it all my love and care The band was on its toes Playin' "Mexicali Rose" It really was a lively affair It really was a lively affair [Bridge] A tisket, a tasket Tell us about the casket [Verse 5] I will tell you about the casket, my good friends It would make your poor eyes pop It was sterling silver all around With a real formica top Formica top, it had a formica top [Verse 6] Well, I'll tell you 'bout the widow, my good friends The widow was in navy blue With a gown designed by Balenciaga I supplied that, too He sold the widow widow's weeds, too [Verse 7] I ran the first funereal raffle Though I don't much like to boast And I gave away a Chevrolet To the person who cried the most He gave away a brand new Chevrolet (I won it myself) [Verse 8] There were eighteen jugglers by the grave To demonstrate their art And when they was done I fired a gun to let the hootenanny start He fired a gun, and the hootenanny begun [Verse 9] I was servin' beer and pretzels 'Til the hot pastrami came And I sold some souvenir hankies With the dear departed's name He was sellin' hankies with the dear departed's name [Verse 10] As a fitting finale we had the Rockettes From New York's Music Hall As you can see, my very good friends All in all, all in all, all in all All in all, all in all, all in all, in all [Verse 11] It was a helluva funeral I say one helluva funeral No other burial could compare It was all done up deluxe And I made forty thousand bucks It really was a lively affair It really was a swingin' affair
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