PRODIGAL SON
Rev. Robert Wilkins

Introduction:
The prodigal son left home for a strange land.
He became hungry and weary and he come to himself
And believed: I'll go back home.

The poor boy got all he had and started down the road (3 times)
"Cause that's no way for him to get along.

Said: I'm goin' out in this world and God never did know it, (3)
And that'll be the way for me to get along.

The poor boy got away from home and spent all that he had, (3)
And that's no way for him to get along.

The poor boy spent all he had, famine come in the land, (3)
That'll be no way to get along.

Said: Believe I'm going hire myself to some man (3)
And that'll be the way for me to get along.

And the man told him: "I'll give you a job, my boy, to feed my swine, (3)
Is that a way for you to get along?"

And the poor boy stood there, he hung his head and cried, (3)
'Cause that'll be no way to get along.

Said: Believe I'll ride, believe I'll go, believe I'll go back home, (3)

His father stood there, said: "Believe that's my son, comin' home to me," (3)
And that's the way for us to get along.

His father did run, he fell down on his knee, (3)
That'll be the way to get along.

Well, he sang and prayed: Lord, have mercy on me! (3)
That'll be the way to get along.

And the poor boy stood there and called all fam'ly round (3)
'Cause that'll be the way to get along.

He told his eldest son: Go kill my fattest calf, (3)
And that'll be the way for us to get along. ^^

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(What if the boy had stayed and fed the swine? He might have got the farm and been a big wheel in the livestock industry)
The Josh White song is from another source?.