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
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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?