Once upon a time in a nursery rhyme three little men got lost
Like you and me they couldn't agree and upon the way they tossed
I'll sing their tune cause I got my roon 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 singin' rub-a-dub-dub cause you're broke my heart in two
[ fiddle ]
Well I can't reach to shore and my heart is sore and I'm driftin' far away
From the love I had 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 heart is broke and there ain't no joke won't you reach and pull me in
With a rub-a-dub-dub...
[ steel ]
Well I knew right away there'd never come a day when I'd reach the land again
The one I adore in the distant shore is now at ranbow's end
With the three little guys I turn my eyes won't you tell your names to me
The ones that fate the ones that hate and the others that jealousy
With a rub-a-dub-dub...