Richard Prichard Sequel

Once was wretched Was charged with stealing a pie And the penalty under the law says that Richard must die But the maid who made the allegation had told a lie She couldn’t recognize the thief when he ran by Richard Prichard was taken to Cornwall Before the magistrate at Canterbury Street The magistrate told Richard to stand up And to be on his feet He called Richard a thief and wretch in open court He commanded the jailer to take him back to prison On the spot The magistrate took a bribe And let Anthony go After he had sold a bag of sand for salt But pretended he didn’t know $50,000 he took Set a guilty man free without looking at his book Richard Prichard was taken to a cell that night And he started to pray To our Lord God and Saviour In the morning and in the night And indeed every single day Miraculously there was a storm one night That destroyed the electric cables And set the prison alight Richard Prichard escaped unhurt And he was no where in sight And ran away from the city Before he was caught Under the haystack He lay And began to pray Before the children could come outside to play And away to Coventry Behold a place Where the Lord showed him His amazing grace He settled as a farmer And become to work The more work he did The less he talked One day a gentleman Asked him if he wanted to buy a land Because he worked so hard And this showed on the palm of his hand 2 dollars he gave for it And the remaining three dollars which he gave Bit by bit Unknown to this man He had bought a golden land Where gold and diamonds rocked his feet Like giant balls of sand