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Thread #150631   Message #3989643
Posted By: Jim Dixon
28-Apr-19 - 12:38 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: John Wesley's Coat
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: John Wesley's Coat
From The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, 1967:

They used to make me sit on a chair on a table and sing the only song I knew, which was :

Old Abraham is dead and gone; we ne'er shall see him more,
He used to wear an old great coat, all buttoned down before.

He also had another coat which was of a different kind
Instead of buttoning down before it buttoned up behind.