Diversus and Lazarus

Lyrics

As it fell out upon a day Rich Diversus made a feast And he invited all his friends And the gentry of the best Then Lazarus laid him down and down Laid him down at Diversus door "Some meat, some drink, my brother Diversus Will you bestow upon the poor" "Thou art none of my brothers, Lazarus That lies begging at my door No meat nor drink will I give to thee, Lazarus Nor bestow upon the poor" Diversus sent his men To whip poor Lazarus away But they had no power to strike a stroke But flung their whips away Diversus sent his hungry dogs To bite him as he lay But they had no power to bitе But licked his sores away It fell out upon a day Poor Lazarus grеw sick and died There came two angels out of heaven above His souls thereto to guide "Rise up, rise up, my brother Lazarus And you come along with me There is a place prepared in heaven Upon an Angel's knee" And it fell out upon a day Rich Diversus sickened and died There came a serpent out of hell His souls thereto to guide "Rise up, rise up, my evil brother Won't you come along with me There is a place prepared in hell Upon a serpent's knee" If I were alive again In the space of one half hour I would make my peace secure And take the devil's power