The House That Jack Built - Alan Price

Brother Nigel paints the stairs with the signs of the Zodiac

Throws mink in the mirror as he stands in his plastic bag

My sister Emma rises ever round and round the garden

Spends the whole day saying, «I beg your pardon»

Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry

This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it reaches up into the sky

Uncle Joe cracks walnuts in between his toes for fun

And looks through coloured glass at the dark spots on the sun

And Mary she believes that her mother was a queen

Keep saying you just missed him, King Solomon’s just been

Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry

This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it reaches up into the sky

Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry

This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it reaches up into the sky

Cousin Festus writes a letter each and every single day

He believes that writing letters keep the Asian flew away

I got a reservation, now it’s given it for free 'cause I killed all the flies

in the State of Tennessee

Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry

This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it reaches up into the sky

I’m coming

I’m coming

Please save a place for me

Oh, I’m coming babe

Oh, I’m coming babe

Oh, I’m coming babe