Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WELL-DIGGER, by O. E. ENFIELD


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THE WELL-DIGGER, by                    
First Line: I picked up the bible this mornin'
Last Line: To keep the system primed and repaired!
Subject(s): Bible; Wells


I picked up the Bible this mornin'.
I don't know how come me to do it --
Not much thinkin' or carin' at first,
Just careless-like a-turnin' through it
Till I come to a place in Matthew --
The twenty-fifth chapter, I think,
Where it says:"I was thirsty
And ye helped me;
Gave me some water to drink."
And right there I says
"Is that how ye figure?
Then who's ever given more folks drink
Than my ol' time friend, the well-digger?
I don't know about sermons and prayers
But I do know I'm tellin' ye right,
When I say in a practical way
He's helped many a cuss in a fight
And when he gets there
Where the river of life winds down
Round through the mountains
There'll be room for him there,
And some work repairin' the eternal fountains.
And -- gosh! that will be Heaven to him
In the water just sloshin' around
A-findin' and fixin' the trouble
And bringin' the water up out of the ground!

The Lord and the angels may furnish
The everlastin' liquid that's shared --
But they'll need my ol' friend, the well-digger,
To keep the system primed and repaired!





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