Poor Jud Is Dead (From "Oklahoma")-Gordon MacRae/Shirley Jones

[ti:Poor Jud Is Dead (From "Oklahoma")] [ar:Gordon MacRae/Shirley Jones] [al:Gordon MacRae] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Poor Jud Is Dead (From "Oklahoma") - Gordon MacRae/Shirley Jones [00:13.69]Poor Jud is dead [00:16.27]Poor Jud Fry is dead [00:19.59] [00:20.35]All gather round his coffin now and cry [00:25.93] [00:27.80]He had a heart of gold [00:31.00]And he wasn't very old [00:34.15] [00:35.24]Oh why did such a fella have to die [00:40.16] [00:42.79]Poor Jud is dead [00:45.04] [00:45.56]Poor Jud Fry is dead [00:48.88] [00:49.78]He's looking oh so peaceful and serene [00:54.94]And serene [00:56.94] [00:57.67]He's all laid down to rest [01:00.10] [01:00.92]With his hands across his chest [01:03.97] [01:05.17]His fingernails have never been so clean [01:10.09] [01:12.84]Then the preacher'd [01:13.44]Get up and he'd say [01:14.47] [01:15.22]Folks we are gathered [01:16.34]Here to mourn [01:17.18]And growl our brother Jud Fry [01:18.84]Who hung himself up [01:20.08]By a rope in a smokehouse [01:21.64] [01:22.61]And then we have been weepin' and wailin' [01:24.08]Within some of the women [01:24.98] [01:25.62]And then he'd say [01:26.50] [01:27.11]Jud was the most misunderstood man [01:28.80]In the territory [01:29.68] [01:30.28]People used to think he was [01:31.17]A mean ugly fella [01:32.29]And they called him [01:32.88]A dirty skunk and a northern [01:34.29]Pig stealer [01:35.18] [01:36.10]But the folks [01:37.82]That really knowed I'm [01:40.11]Knowed that neath those dirty shirts [01:42.22]He always wore [01:44.17]There beated a heart [01:45.64]As big as all outdoors [01:48.35]As big as all outdoors [01:50.45]Jud Fry loved his fellow man [01:53.20]He loved his fellow man [01:55.59] [01:56.35]He loved the birds of the forest [01:57.97]And the bees of the field [01:59.16] [01:59.71]He loved the mice [02:00.38]And the vermin in the barn [02:01.88]And he treated the rats like equals [02:03.63] [02:04.33]Which he knew was right [02:05.23] [02:06.25]He loved the little children [02:08.02] [02:08.69]He loved everything [02:09.45]And everybody in the world [02:10.82] [02:11.75]Only only he never let on [02:14.52] [02:15.90]So nobody ever noticed [02:17.24] [02:19.61]Poor Jud is dead [02:22.06] [02:22.62]Poor Jud Fry is dead [02:25.90] [02:26.77]His friends all weep [02:28.40]And wail from miles around [02:31.47]Miles around [02:33.62] [02:34.27]The daisies in the dell [02:36.64] [02:37.43]Will give out a different smell [02:40.40] [02:41.41]Because poor Jud [02:43.06]Is underneath the ground [02:46.07] [02:48.98]Poor Jud is dead [02:51.86]The candle lights his head [02:55.50]He's layin' in a coffin made of wood [02:59.91] [03:02.20]And folks are feelin' sad [03:05.07]'Cause they used to treat him bad [03:08.01] [03:08.62]And now they know [03:10.24]Their friend has gone for good [03:13.69] [03:15.94]Poor Jud is dead [03:18.81]A candle lights his head [03:22.28] [03:22.99]He's looking [03:23.97]Oh so pretty and so nice [03:28.79] [03:30.72]He looks like he's asleep [03:34.01]It's a shame that he won't keep [03:37.74] [03:38.57]But it's summer [03:39.83]And we're runinng out of ice [03:44.85] [03:47.11]Poor Jud [03:53.78] [03:54.81]Poor Jud