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The Songs He Sang

A Dollar Down: Lyrics

As composed by Cisco Houston

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Well, a friend of mine he bought an automobile
For a dollar down and a dollar a week
And every time he turned the wheel
It was a dollar down and a dollar a week.
 
He got a credit card for that new machine
At a dollar down and a dollar a week
And he kept it full of gasoline
For a dollar down and a dollar a week.
 
Well he went speeding down the road
And a kissin' his gal upon the cheek
And they took him to jail but he put up bail
At a dollar down and a dollar a week.
 
Well the judge he did fine him fifty bucks
And asked if he would like to speak
He said "If I may I'd like to pay
'Bout a dollar down and a dollar a week."

---Just a dollar down and a dollar a week
You can get all the things you seek,
For a dollar down and a dollar a week.
 
When he got out he married that gal
At a dollar down and a dollar a week
He bought a wedding ring that was pretty cheap
At a dollar down and a dollar a week.
 
They got a refrigerator and a washing machine
For a dollar down and a dollar a week
And the food stayed cold and the clothes stayed clean
For a dollar down and a dollar a week
 
They bought themselves a little home
For a dollar down and a dollar a week
They got a second mortgage and a pretty good loan
For a dollar down and a dollar a week.
 
He said to his wife "It's a pretty good life
For a dollar down and a dollar a week
And she said "Honey, we don't need much money
Just a dollar down and a dollar a week."
 
But six little kids did soon arrive
At a dollar down and a dollar a week,
He had so many worries that he couldn't sleep,
At a dollar down and a dollar a week.
 
As their debts began to mount
And they added them up upon a sheet,
They said with tears "We'll need a thousand years
At a dollar down and a dollar a week."
 
---Just a dollar down and a dollar a week,
You can get all the things you seek,
For a dollar down and a dollar a week.

Of note:

These are the lyrics as published in the sheet music. Don't know whether the Limeliters sang these (See Here for a transcription I did not do) nor whether Cisco did on some way earlier performances.

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