I Get Up Early In The Morning Song Lyrics and Chords
I Get Up Early In The Morning Song Lyrics and Chords by Roger Miller
I Get Up Early In The Morning
Recorded by Roger Miller
Written by Harlan Howard
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When Christopher Columbus
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returned to Spain
The wise men asked him would you
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please
explain
How'd you know the world was round he said I
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used my brain
And I
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get up early in the
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mornin'
Well get up and get up when the
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sun comes up
Don't lay there dozin' like a
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lazy
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Health and wealth will over
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flow your cup
If you
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get up early in the
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mornin'
(Get up
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get up
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get up early in the
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mornin')
Andrew Jackson fought the British
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down in New Orleans
And he sent them a runnin' through the
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turnip
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When they wondered how he did it he said
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were just mean
And I
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get up early in the
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mornin'
Repeat #2
(Get up
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get up
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get up early in the
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mornin')
They asked Casanova uh man
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what you got
That makes all the women think that
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you're so hot
He said well my little secret boys
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believe it or not
Is I
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get up early in the
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mornin'
Repeat #2
FAQ
Who sang the the song I Get Up Early In The Morning?
- The song I Get Up Early In The Morning was sang by Roger Miller.
Who is Roger Miller?
- Roger Dean Miller Sr. (January 2, 1936 - October 25, 1992) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his chart-topping country and pop hits "King of the Road", "Dang Me", and "England Swings", all from the mid-1960s Nashville sound era.
After growing up in Oklahoma and serving in the United States Army, Miller began his musical career as a songwriter in the late 1950s, writing such hits as "Billy Bayou" and "Home" for Jim Reeves and "Invitation to the Blues" for Ray Price. He later began a recording career and reached the peak of his fame in the mid-1960s, continuing to record and tour into the 1990s, charting his final top 20 country hit "Old Friends" with Price and Willie Nelson in 1982. He also wrote and performed several of the songs for the 1973 Disney animated film Robin Hood. Later in his life, he wrote the music and lyrics for the 1985 Tony Award−winning Broadway musical Big River, in which he acted.
Miller died from lung cancer in 1992 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame three years later. His songs continued to be recorded by other singers, with covers of "Tall, Tall Trees" by Alan Jackson and "Husbands and Wives" by Brooks & Dunn both reached the number one spot on country charts in the 1990s. The Roger Miller Museum in his home town of Erick, Oklahoma—now closed—was a tribute to Miller.