Rub-a-Dub-Dub - Hank Thompson

Once upon a time

In a nursery rhyme

Three little men got lost

Like you and me they couldn't agree

And upon the wave they tossed

I'll sing their tune

'Cause I got marooned

With the love I can't forget

Now the three little men

Just took me in

On an ocean of regret

With a rub a dub dub

Three men in the tub

Lost on the ocean blue

I roll like a hub sing

Rub a dub dub

'Cause she broke my heart in two

Well I can't reach shore

And my heart is sore

And I'm driftin' far away

From the love I had

And I'm feelin' mighty bad

And I can't go on this way

Won't you throw out the line

And say you're mine

And take me back again

'Cause my rudder's broke

And it ain't no joke

Won't you reach and pull me in

With a rub a dub dub

Three men in the tub

Lost on the ocean blue

I roll like a hub sing

Rub a dub dub

'Cause she broke my heart in two

Well I knew right away

There'd never come a day

When I'd reach land again

The one I 'dore on the distant shore

Is now at rainbow's end

To the three little guys

I turn my eyes

Won't you tell your names to me

Now one said fate

One said hate

And the other said jealousy

With a rub a dub dub

Three men in the tub

Lost on the ocean blue

I roll like a hub

Sing rub a dub dub

'Cause she broke my heart in two