A MAN HAD BEEN ROBBED OF ALL HE HAD

A man had been robbed of all he had
On the Jericho Road;
They beat him up and left him for dead
'It happens like that,' the Master said,
'On the Jericho Road.'

A Priest and a Levite passed him by
On the Jericho Road;
They taught the Law but they didn't try
To help the man who was left to die
On the Jericho Road.

By chance a Samaritan passed that way
On the Jericho Road;
In spite of the worst the Jews could say,
He did his best for the man who lay
On the Jericho Road.

He bandaged him up with loving skill
On the Jericho Road,
And found an inn to care for him till
He came again (and  settled the bill)
On the Jericho Road.

'To be a neighbour,' the Master said,
'On the Jericho Road,
Is to show compassion as that man did.'
For even faith without deeds is dead
On the Jericho Road,
On the Jericho Road,
On the Jericho Road.