Show ST PETER AND THE KNOCKER KNOCKE James Barton Adams In Clays Review A chronic knocker neared the Golden Gate Where good Saint Peter stood In robes of state And as state he neared he framed the fairy tale He thought would v ld gain his entrance with without wih without out fail taU Good saint ha he said through all aU my life on earth I was vas a Christian man of Christian Christan I worth I read my Bible dally daily dal oer ocr It I pored And in my brain Its It sacred teachings stored I asked aske a blessing upon every ever meal mealAnd mealAnd mealAnd And ore ere ere retiring to my bed did kneel kneelAnd kneelAnd kneelAnd And thanked the Lord for blessing of the theda day dayAye da daAe dayAye Aye Ae een when some sonic things did not come my way the holy Sabbath day came round Within my church pew I was always found And at the prayer meetings raised raise my eyes And suppliant supplant voice toward the arching skies In I short abort good saint sint through days das of peace and strife strite I led a pure consistent consistent Christian Christan life So far tar so o good gohd replied the saint but these Are not the sole sale requirements refinements If I you OU please pease No one has ever entered In this place On Bible reading prayer pra er and pious face face By wifeless I am advised d That you In every evel way antagonized The progress and development and weal Of town In which you lived You placed the seal Of disapproval upon every ever scheme To beautify the earth the One supreme Gave unto man in crude primeval state That he might make it beautiful and great You were a knocker ocker knocked at every everything ever everything thing No onward move but heard your ham hammers hammers hammers mers ring You knocked at early er morn mor and and knocked at night All AU through the day put forth your our knock nock knocking knocking ing might might Your knocking knocked knocke the pins from un under under Under der all al The piety you OU boat boa t of let it fall fallIn fal fallIn In worthless worthIes s wreckage and with it went down Your chances or a bright celestial celestal crown No knockers knocker are admitted here here but take That elevator to the left let and make A quick descent until you set your feet At gate warped somewhat from In Inner Inner ner ncr heat Upon It there Is no restraining lock lok Just knock turn tur the knob and ad enter in Dont S |