The Drunken Driver

Intro: (x8) Verse Now listen, you, drunken driver while here on earth you dwell You never know when the time to come when you'll have to say fare- well I saw an accident one day, would charm the hearts of man And teach him never to drink and drive with a steerin' wheel in his hand This awful accident occurred on the twentieth day of May And caused to lovin' children to sleep beneath the clay These two dear kids walked side by side out on a state high- way Their lovin' mother, she had died and their father had run a- way They were talking of their loving parents, how sad their hearts did feel When a- round the curve came a speedin' car with a drunk man at the wheel The driver saw these two dear kids and hooted a drunkard sound ?Get out of the road, you, little fools? and the car had brought them down Instrumental Verse The driver staggered from his car to see what he had done His heart sank with- in him when he saw his dyin' son He then picked up his little one and carried him to his car Then leanin' on the runnin' board, he prayed a drunkard's prayer Sayin', ?Please, oh Lord, forgive me for this awful crime I've done? His at- tention then was called away to the words of his dyin' son Sayin' ?Take us to our mother, Dad. She sleeps be- neath the ground It was you and her we was talkin' about when the car had knocked us down? ?And please, dear Dad, don't drink no more while drivin' on your way But meet us with our mother, Dad, in heaven some sweet day?