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BEGGAR'S SONG by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: GOOD PEOPLE KEEP THEIR HOLY DAY
Last Line: AND TENDER FEELINGS IN YOUR HEART.
Subject(s): BEGGING & BEGGARS;
Good people keep their holy day,
They rest from labour on a Sunday;
But we keep holy every day,
And rest from Monday until Monday.

And yet the noblest work on earth
Is done when beggars do their part:
They work, dear ladies, on the soft
And tender feelings in your heart.



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