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Don't Judge A Man

from Once More A​-​Lumb'ring Go by Michigan-IO

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Don’t judge a man by the cost of his clothing
Unheeding the life path that he may pursue
Or oft you’ll admire a heart that needs loathing,
And fail to give honor where honor is due

Oh the palm may be hard and the fingers disjointed
The coat may be tatter’d, the cheek worn with cares
For there’s many a true heart beneath rags lies beating
So You can’t judge a man by the coat that he wears

Oh, don’t judge a man, by the coat that he wears…
Oh, don’t judge a man, by the coat that he wears…

Then give me a man as a friend or a neighbor
That toils with the loom or the spade or the plow
And earns his diploma by manual labor
And purchase his wealth by the sweat of his brow

Then why should the broadcloth alone be respected
And a man be despised who in Fustian appears?
While the angels in heaven wear their limbs unprotected
You can’t judge a man by the coat that he wears

If You can’t do a good turn then don’t do a bad one
Oh live and let live be your motto through life
For a kind word or action is as cheap as a bad one
So rend from your bosom all feelings of strife

Let him that has wealth help the starving and needy
For remember that this world is only a spell
For wealth it can purchase your life for a moment
When before he who judge not the coat but the man

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from Once More A​-​Lumb'ring Go, released November 19, 2022

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