The Two Samaritans And The Tramp
By Henry Lawson
A tramp was trampin on the road,
The afternoon was warm an muggy,
And by-and-by he chanced to meet
A parsin ridin in a buggy.
Said he: As follerers ov the Loard,
To do good offices we oughter!
An from a water-bag he poured,
An guv the tramp, a drink er water.
The parsin he went rattlin ome
To ware his fam-i-lee was thrivin,
The tramp went on until he met
A bullick-driver, bullick drivin,
Its bilin ot, the driver sed
As soons the dirty tramp drawed nearer,
And from a little keg he poured,
And giv the tramp a pint of beer, ah!
(P.S., The ah is meant to stand for the tramp a-drinking ov it.)
I aint agin the temperance cause,
Nor yet no advocate ov drinkin,
I only tells the yarn because,
Well, at the time it somehow seemed
Ter kind ov set me thinkin.