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Pore Jud is Daid
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Richard Rodgers
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Pore Jud is daid Pore Jud Fry is daid All gather 'round his coffin now and cry He had a heart of gold And he wasn't very old— Oh why did such a feller hive to die? Pore Jud is daid Pore Jud Fry is daid He's lookin' oh so peaceful and serene— And serene He's all laid out to rest With his hands acrost his chest His fingernails have never been so clean Then the preacher'd get up and he'd say "Folks, we're gathered here to moan and groan over our brother Jud Fry, who hung hisself up by a rope in his smokehouse" Then there'd be weepin' and wailin' from some of those women Then he'd say "Jud was the most misunderstood man in the territory. People used to think he was a mean ugly feller and they called him a dirty skunk and an ornery pig stealer, but the folks 'at really knowed him knowed that beneath them two dirty shirts he always wore there beat a heart as big as all outdoors." As big as all outdoors Jud Fry loved his feller man He loved his feller man He loved the birds of the forest and the beasts of the field. He loved the mice and the vermin in the barns, and he treated the rats like equals, which was right. And he loved the little children. No no no, he loved everybody and everything in the world! Only, only he never let on, so nobody ever knowed it Pore Jud is daid Pore Jud Fry is daid His friends'll weep and wail for miles around Miles around The daisies in the dell Will give out a diff'rent smell Because Pore Jud is underneath the ground Pore Jud is daid A candle lights his head He's layin' in a coffin made of wood Wood And folks are feelin' sad Cause they use to treat him bad And now they know their friend has gone for good Good Pore Jud is daid A candle lights his haid He's lookin' oh so purty and so nice He looks like he's asleep It's a shame that he won't keep But it's summer and we're running out of ice Pore Jud, Pore Jud
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