Still Life by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Still Life

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"Jud was the most misunderstood man in this here territory

People used to think he was a mean ugly feller

And they called him a dirty skunk and an ornery pig stealer

But the folks 'at really knowed him

Knowed that beneath them two dirty shirts he always wore

There beat a heart as big as all outdoors"

[JUD]

As big as all outdoors

[CURLY]

Jud Fry loved his feller man

[JUD]

He loved his feller man

[CURLY, spoken]

He loved the birds of the air and the beasts of the field. He

loved the mice and the vermin in the barns, and he treated the

rats like equals, which was right. And he loved little children.

He loved everybody and everything in the world! Only, only he

never let on, so nobody ever knowed it

(sung)

Pore Jud is daid

Pore Jud Fry is daid

His friends'll weep and wail fer miles around

[JUD]

Miles around

[CURLY]

The daisies in the dell

Will give out a diff'rent smell

Because Pore Jud is underneath the ground

[JUD]

Pore Jud is daid

A candle lights his haid

He's layin' in a coffin made of wood

[CURLY]

Wood

[JUD]

And folks are feelin' sad

Cause they use to treat him bad