Skinnamalinkadoolium

There was a rich man and he lived in Jerusalem,
Glory, hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum
He wore a silk hat and his coat was very sprucium
Glory, hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum

Chorus:
Heirojerum, heirojerum,
Skinnamalinkadoolium,
Skinnamalinkadoolium,
Glory hallelujah, heirojerum

And at his gate there sat a human wreckium
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum
He wore a bowler hat and the rim was round his neckium
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum

Chorus

That poor man asked for a piece of bread and cheesium
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum
The rich man answered, “I’ll call for a policeium”
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum

Chorus

The poor man died and his soul went to heavium
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum
And he danced with the saints til qarter past ellevium
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum

Chorus

And there he dwelt in Abraham’s bosium
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum
Fraternizing there with scores of other Jewseum
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum

Chorus

The rich man died but he didn’t fare so welleum
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum
He couldn’t go to heaven so he had to go to helleum
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum

Chorus

The rich man asked for to have a consolium
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum
The devil only answered, “Just shovel on the coalium!”
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum

Chorus

The moral of this story is that riches are no jokium
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum
We’ll all go to heaven because we are stony brokium
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum
Glory hallelujah hei-ro-je-rum