[Verse 1]
             
He was a most 

              
peculiar man.
              
That's what Mi

              
ssus Riordon s

              
aid, and she s

             
hould know;
              
She lived upst

               
airs from him.
              
She said he wa

            
s a most pecul

     
iar man.


[Verse 2]
             
He was a most 

              
peculiar man.
              
He lived all a

              
lone within a 

              
house, within 

            
a room, within

              
 himself.
              
A most peculia

  
r man.


[Verse 3]
            
He had no frie

nds, he seldom

 spoke,
    
And no one in 

turn ever spok

e to him,
              
'Cause he wasn

              
't friendly an

              
d he didn't ca

    
re,
              
And he wasn't 

      
like them.
             
Oh, no! He was

            
 a most peculi

    
ar man.


[Verse 4]
              
He died last S


aturday,
     
He turned on t

he gas and he 

went to sleep,

With the windows closed so he'd never wake up

To his silent world and his tiny room,
              
And Missus Rio

              
rdon says he h

              
as a brother s

     
omewhere
              
Who should be 

          
notified soon.


[Coda]
             
And all the pe

            
ople said, "Wh

             
at a shame tha

        
t he's dead,
             
But wasn't he 

            
a most peculia

   
r man?"