The Tramp on the Street

Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper

Originale	La versione di Peter, Paul & Mary dall’album “Late Again” del 1968.
THE TRAMP ON THE STREET	THE TRAMP ON THE STREET
Only a tramp was Lazarus sad fate	Jesus, he died on Calvary's tree
He who lay down at the rich man's gate	Nails in his hands and nails in his feet.
He begged for the crumbs from the rich man to eat	Mary, she rocked him, her little baby to sleep.
He was only a tramp found dead on the street	But they left him to die like a tramp on the street.
He was some mother's darlin' he was some mother's son	Only a poor man was Laz'rus that day
Once he was fair and once he was young	When he lay down at the rich man's gate.
Some mother rocked him her darlin' to sleep	He begged for the crumbs of the rich man to eat;
But they left him to die like a tramp on the street	He was only a tramp found dead on the street.
Jesus who died on Calvary's tree	He was some mother's darlin', he was some mother's son;
Shed His life's blood for you and for me	Once he was fair, and once he was young.
They pierced His sides His hands and His feet	Some mother rocked him, her little baby, to sleep;
And they left Him to die like a tramp on the street	But they left him to die like a tramp on the street.
He was Mary's own darlin' he was God's chosen Son	Jesus who died on Calvary's tree.
Once He was fair and once He was young	Shed his life's blood for you and for me.
Mary she rocked Him her darlin' to sleep	They pierced his side, his hands and his feet.
But they left Him to die like a tramp on the street	But they left him to die like a tramp on the street.
If Jesus should come and knock on your door	Jesus, he died on Calvary's tree
For a place to come in or bread from your store	Nails in his hands and nails in his feet.
Would you welcome Him in or turn Him away	Mary, she rocked him, her little baby to sleep.
Then the God's would deny you on the Great Judgment Day	But they left him to die like a tramp on the street.