[Verse 1] A poor old man came riding by And we say so, and we know so O, a poor old man came riding by O, poor old man [Verse 2] Says I, Old man, your horse will die. And we say so, and we know so And if he dies, well tan his hide O, poor old man [Verse 3] And if he dont, Ill ride him again And we say so, and we know so And Ill ride him, til the Lord knows when O, poor old man [Verse 4] O, hes dead as a nail in the lamp room door And we say so, and we know so And he wont come worrying us no more O, poor old man [Verse 5] Well use the hair of his tail to sew our sails And we say so, and we know so And the iron of his shoes to make deck nails O, poor old man [Verse 6] Well rop him down with a long long ro And we say so, and we hope so Where the sharks have his body and the devil takes his soul! O, poor old man
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