Add to ORKGvoiceCollected by Mary Celestia Parler Transcribed by Nathaniel Lucy Sung by Christine Harvey Fayetteville, Arkansas May 4, 1954 Reel 199, Item 10 A Tramp on the Street Jesus who died on Calvary’s tree Shed his lifeblood for you and for me They pierced his sides, his hands, and his feet And left him to die like a tramp on the street He was - - - He who lay down at the rich man’s gate And beg for the crumbs from the rich man to eat But they left him to die like a tramp on the street He was some mother’s darling, he was some mother’s son Once he was fair and once he was young Some mother rocked him, her darling to sleep And they left him to die like a tramp on the street He was Mary’s own darling and God’s chosen son Once he was fair and lowl...