IT'S QUITE GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME
(Coll. Ron Baxter)
Tune:- Eton Boating Song

Oh, the old A.B. lay dying,
And as on his bunk there he lay;
With his ship-mates all around him,
His last dying words he did say;
"Will you go and call the Ship's Master?
And the Chief Steward also?
And ask them to stand beside me,
And wait with me till I go."

So they went and got the Old Man,
And the Chief Steward likewise;
He stood to the left of him,
The Old Man on the other side.
But the old A.B. got better,
And it was obvious he would not die -
So the Steward and Master departed,
And his shipmates asked him "Why?"

Why had he called the Master,
And the Chief Steward there to stand
Beside him as he lay dying -
Those two who stole out of hand?
Then the A.B. picked up his Bible;
Said, "This Book is all that you need.
I'll tell you why I called them;
In St Matthew's Gospel you'll read -"

"That when our Blessed Saviour
For our sake was hung on that tree,
He had two robbers beside him
That day upon Calvary.
So, if you think aboout it,
The answer is there, plain to see;
If it was good enough for Jesus,
Then it's quite good enough for me!"

Note (RB):- I heard this on the King Malcolm in 1974. I may have filled in some of the lines myself, but I know the first verse and the last four lines are as I heard them. There is a R.A.F. Song "The Bold Aviator lay Dying", to the same tune.

Ross