Rich Man

Описание: Rich Man

The morning began with a trip to the city
As daybreak was chasing the the dark night away
Ahead in the distance a lonely old beggar
Close to the door of a rich man was laid.

He tapped the door gently to ask for a morsel
Of bread from the hand of the man who was rich
The rich man did answer but laughed at the beggar
He laughed at one who was hungry and cold.

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I saw by the sores of the poor bleeding beggar
That soon his sickness would cause him to die
He closed his eyes calmly as death came upon him
He knew Christ the Lord and went home in the sky.

The rich man had money, but life can’t be purchased
The rich man soon died and to torment did go.
From torment he cried for a cool drop of water
To soothe his parched tongue and to ease his great woe.

Instrumental

The beggar lived sadly until Jesus found him
He then lived with hope till the day that he died
The man who was rich had no time for the Savior,
But then when death came for the Savior he cried.

If you are a rich man, if you are a beggar
It’s time that you trust in Christ Jesus today
Don’t be like so many and wait ‘til tomorrow
For soon you may die and be taken away.


Based on Luke 16:19-31.
The music is an Irish Tune, “ A Handful of Laurel”.
Lyrics by Gary W. Sherrill