[Gordon]
Pore Jud is daid
Pore Jud Fry is daid
All gether round his cawfin now and cry
He had a heart of gold
And he wasn't very old~
Oh, why did such a feller have to die?
Pore Jud is daid
Pore Jud Fry is daid
He's lookin', oh so peaceful and serene~
[Rod]
And serene!
[Gordon]
He's all laid out to rest
With his hands acrost his chest
His finger nails have never b'en so clean
[Gordon]
[speaking]
Nen the preacher'd git up and he'd say: "Folks! We are gethered here to
Moan and groan over our brother Jud Fry, who hung hisse'f up by a rope in the smokehouse. "
Nen there'd be weepin' and wailin' from some of those womern
Nen he'd say, "Jud was the most misunderstood man in the territory. People useter think he was a mean, ugly feller
And they called him a dirty skunk and a ornery pig-stealer
[Gordon]
[Singing]
But the folks 'at really knowed him
Knowed 'at beneath them two dirty shirts he alw'ys wore
There beat a heart as big as all outdoors. "
[Rod]
As big as all outdoors
[Gordon]
Jud Fry loved his fellow man
[Rod]
He loved his fellow man
[Gordon]
[Speaking with the impa**ioned infections of an evangelist]
He loved the birds of the forest and the beasts of the field
He loved the mice and the vermin in the barn
And he treated the rats like equals~which he was right
And he loved little children
He loved ev'ybody and ev'ythin' in the world...
On'y he never let on, so nobody ever knowed it!
[Gordon]
[Singing]
Pore Jud is daid
Pore Jud Fry is daid
His friends'll weep and wail fer miles around
[Rod]
Miles around
[Gordon]
The daisies in the dell
Will give out a diff'runt smell
Becuz pore Jud is underneath the ground
[Rod]
Pore Jud is daid
A candle lights his haid
He's layin' in a cawfin made of wood
[Gordon]
Wood
[Rod]
And folks are feelin' sad
Cuz they useter to treat him bad
And now they know their friend has gone fer good
[Gordon]
Good
[Rod And Gordon]
Pore Jud is daid
A candle lights his haid~
[Gordon]
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 runnin' out of ice...
Pore Jud~pore Jud