Several different denizens of old home town coffee house did versions of "The Salvation Army Song" and "Throw A Nickel On The Drum" back in the late 1950's. They were both hoary oldies then, so I was told. The other cautionary tale song was "The Pig And The Inebriate."

"It was early last November,
   As near as I remember,
   I was walkin' down the street in tipsy pride.
   No one was I disturbin',
   As I lay down by the curbin',
   When a pig came up and lay down by my side.

   As I lay there in the gutter,
   Thinkin' thoughts I dare not utter,
   A lady passin' by was heard to say:
   "You can tell a man who boozes
   By the company he chooses,"
   And....the pig got up...and slowly walked away."