YOUTUBE<\/a><\/p>\n[Intro]
\nFuneral Directors of America
\nI am very deeply honored standing here
\nReceiving this token of your esteem
\n“The Funeral Director of the Year”
\nNow, I’ve been asked by all the delegates
\nAnd members of the board
\nTo tell you of the funeral
\nThat won me this award
\nIt was handled with taste and dignity
\nThat much I can say for it
\nAnd I’m sure it will take the family
\nTwenty years to pay for it<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nIt was a helluva funeral
\nIt was a helluva funeral
\nThe finest funeral ever booked
\nI had some high school juniors
\nWho passed around petunias
\nAnd lilies everywhere you looked<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nIt was a helluva funeral
\nI say one helluva funeral
\nOh, how I wish that you were there
\nI had ten drum majorettes
\nDoublin’ on the castanets
\nIt really was a lively affair
\nIt really was a lively affair<\/p>\n
[Verse 3]
\nIt was a helluva funeral
\nIt was a helluva funeral
\nThe National Guard showed up for me
\nAnd during the oration
\nThey went into formation
\nAnd formed the letters R-I-P<\/p>\n
[Verse 4]
\nIt was a helluva funeral
\nI say one helluva funeral
\nI gave it all my love and care
\nThe band was on its toes
\nPlayin’ “Mexicali Rose”
\nIt really was a lively affair
\nIt really was a lively affair<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\nA tisket, a tasket
\nTell us about the casket<\/p>\n
[Verse 5]
\nI will tell you about the casket, my good friends
\nIt would make your poor eyes pop
\nIt was sterling silver all around
\nWith a real formica top
\nFormica top, it had a formica top<\/p>\n
[Verse 6]
\nWell, I’ll tell you ’bout the widow, my good friends
\nThe widow was in navy blue
\nWith a gown designed by Balenciaga
\nI supplied that, too
\nHe sold the widow widow’s weeds, too<\/p>\n
[Verse 7]
\nI ran the first funereal raffle
\nThough I don’t much like to boast
\nAnd I gave away a Chevrolet
\nTo the person who cried the most
\nHe gave away a brand new Chevrolet (I won it myself)<\/p>\n
[Verse 8]
\nThere were eighteen jugglers by the grave
\nTo demonstrate their art
\nAnd when they was done
\nI fired a gun to let the hootenanny start
\nHe fired a gun, and the hootenanny begun<\/p>\n
[Verse 9]
\nI was servin’ beer and pretzels
\n‘Til the hot pastrami came
\nAnd I sold some souvenir hankies
\nWith the dear departed’s name
\nHe was sellin’ hankies with the dear departed’s name<\/p>\n
[Verse 6]
\nWell, I’ll tell you ’bout the widow, my good friends
\nThe widow was in navy blue
\nWith a gown designed by Balenciaga
\nI supplied that, too
\nHe sold the widow widow’s weeds, too<\/p>\n
[Verse 7]
\nI ran the first funereal raffle
\nThough I don’t much like to boast
\nAnd I gave away a Chevrolet
\nTo the person who cried the most
\nHe gave away a brand new Chevrolet (I won it myself)<\/p>\n
[Verse 8]
\nThere were eighteen jugglers by the grave
\nTo demonstrate their art
\nAnd when they was done
\nI fired a gun to let the hootenanny start
\nHe fired a gun, and the hootenanny begun<\/p>\n
[Verse 9]
\nI was servin’ beer and pretzels
\n‘Til the hot pastrami came
\nAnd I sold some souvenir hankies
\nWith the dear departed’s name
\nHe was sellin’ hankies with the dear departed’s name
\n[Verse 10]
\nAs a fitting finale we had the Rockettes
\nFrom New York’s Music Hall
\nAs you can see, my very good friends
\nAll in all, all in all, all in all
\nAll in all, all in all, all in all, in all<\/p>\n
[Verse 11]
\nIt was a helluva funeral
\nI say one helluva funeral
\nNo other burial could compare
\nIt was all done up deluxe
\nAnd I made forty thousand bucks
\nIt really was a lively affair
\nIt really was a swingin’ affair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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