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Thread #46458   Message #690381
Posted By: Jim Dixon
15-Apr-02 - 09:19 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Old Virginia Ballad
Subject: Lyr Add: DRUNKEN DRIVER
Here's another version, copied from http://www.calvinclark.com/Lyrics/D012.TXT
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DRUNKEN DRIVER

Now, listen, you drunken driver, while here on earth you dwell:
You'll never know when the time will come when you'll have to say farewell
To your dear old mother and sister, though they may be miles away,
So don't be drinking whiskey while driving on your way.
I saw an accident one day that would charm the heart of man
And teach him not to drink a drop while the steering wheel's in his hands.

This awful accident occurred on the 20th day of May.
It caused two loving children to sleep beneath the clay.
Those two dear children walked side by side upon the state highway.
Their loving mother she had died and their father had run away.
They were talking of their loving parents. How sad their hearts did feel,
When around the curve came a speeding car with a drunk man at the wheel.
The bumper caught the little girl taking her life away,
While the little boy in a pool of blood in the ditch-line there did lay.

The driver staggered from his car to see what he had done.
His heart sank deep within him when he saw his loving son.
He then picked up his loving ones and carried them to his car,
And kneeling on the running board, he prayed a drunkard's prayer,
Saying, "Please, dear Lord, forgive me for the awful things I've done."
His attention then was drawed away to the words of his dying son,
Saying, "Please, dear Daddy, don't drink no more while driving on your way,
But meet us with our mother, Dad, in heaven some sweet day."