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A little lad but thinly clad	A
All day had roamed the street	B
With stitled groans and aching bones	C
He beg'd for bread to eat	B
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The wind blew shrill from o'er the hili	D
And shook his scanty rags	E
Whilst cold and sleet benumbed his feet	B
As plodding o'er the flags	E
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The night drew on with thick'ning gloom	F
He hailed each passer by	G
For help to save but nought they gave	H
Then he sat down to cry	G
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It was a noble portico	I
'Neath which the beggar stept	B
And none would guess one in distress	J
There shiv'ring sat and wept	B
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But soon the door was open thrown	K
The Dean a goodly man	L
Who lived within had heard a moan	K
And came the cause to scan	L
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Ah little boy what want you here	M
On such a bitter night	B
Run home at once you little dunce	J
Or you'll be frozen quite	B
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The boy looked at his cheery face	J
Yet hid his own in dread	B
I meant no harm the place was warm	N
And I am begging bread	B
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And if you can a morsel spare	O
I'll thank you oh so much	P
For all day long I've begged and sung	Q
And never had a touch	P
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Step in then said the kindly man	L
And stand here in the hall	D
You shall have bread poor starving child	B
I promise you you shall	D
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And off he went and soon returned	B
With a thin tempting slice	J
And little Jemmy dapt his hands	J
And cried Oh Sir that's nice	J
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And what's your name come tell me that	B
My name is Jimmy Pool	D
And do you always beg all day	B
Instead of going to school	D
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And can you read and can you write	B
Poor Jimmy shook his head	B
No sir I have to beg all day	B
At night I go to bed	B
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My mother lays me on the floor	R
Upon a little rug	S
And I ne'er think of nothing more	R
When I'm so warm and snug	S
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Sometimes I wake and when I do	B
Unless it's almost day	B
She's always there upon her chair	O
Working the night away	B
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It isn't much that she can make	T
Sometimes I think she'd die	B
But for her little Jimmy's sake	T
There's only her and I	B
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And do you ever pray my boy	U
No sir I never tried	B
I never heard a praying word	B
Since my poor Daddy died	B
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Then let me teach you little boy	U
Just come now let me see	J
I know you'll manage if you try	B
Now say it after me	J
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Our Father Our Father right	B
That art in heaven go on	V
Jimmy repeated every word	B
Until the prayer was done	W
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Then turning up his hazel eyes	J
Which questioning light shone through	B
He said that prayer sounds very nice	J
Is He your Father too	B
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Yes He is mine as well as yours	J
And Lord of all you see	J
Far as I know if that be so	J
My brother you must be	J
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Yes we are brethren every one	W
All equal in His sight	B
Well I will try to think so sir	X
But I can't believe it quite	B
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It seems so strange that you should be	J
Akin to such as me	J
For you are rich and great and grand	B
And I'm so poor you see	J
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But it is true my little lad	B
And if to Him you pray	B
He'll make your little heart feel glad	B
He'll turn you not away	B
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Well if that's so I'll learn to pray	B
I'll take your kind advice	J
But if you are my brother	X
Give me just one thicker slice	J
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And if He's Father of us all	D
Now as I'm going home	Y
From your big share perhaps you'll spare	O
Your widowed sister some	Z
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The Dean's face wore a puzzled look	A2
And then a look of joy	U
Then said 'tis you the teacher are	B2
I am the scholar boy	U
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That night the widow's eyes were wet	B
But they were tears of joy	U
'When she beheld the load of things	J
Brought by her little boy	U
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And Jimmy danced upon the flags	J
And cried there's few have seen	C2
And ever thought that in these rags	J
Stands brother to a Dean	C2

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