The version recorded by the Oldham Tinkers in the 60s has only two verses, which are as given in the DT - A MON LIKE THEE.

But in a thread about 'Rawtenstall Annual Fair' in Oct-00 Bernard siad "Mike [Harding]had a habit of adding verses to songs, didn't he?! The Oldham Tinkers originally had only two verses when they first recorded 'A Mon Like Thee' (also on Deep Lancashire), and Mike added a third verse about St. Peter and the Pearly Gates".

I have heard a third verse where the tramp turns out to be the long lost brother who's been away and become a millionaire, and dressed as a tramp to "test" his brother. I can't remember any Pearly Gates in that, though.

Are these two separate last verses? Can anyone post either or both of them?

Wassail! V