"THE RICH HOBO"

Hi folks, this is Two Texas PawPaw. Did you ever hear of a rich Hobo? Percy Wellon was one, and this is his story.-----OLD PERCY WELLON DIED AND HE HAD EARNED A TICKET TO GOD'S RAILWAY GOING TO HEAVEN---HE PASSED AWAY EXACTLY EIGHTY YEARS FROM NINETEEN TEN NOVEMBER SEVEN---HE DESERVED HIS TICKET TO THE OTHER SIDE, BECAUSE OF THE LIFE HE LED---AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM, NOT A BAD WORD THEY EVER SAID---HE TRAVELED UP AND DOWN THE RAILROAD TRACK, DIFFERENT PLACES HIS HEAD WAS LAID---NEVER TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE, FOR PERCY WAS A HOBO BY TRADE---HE MADE FRIENDS UP AND DOWN THE LINE, THEY ALL THOUGHT PERCY WAS COOL---LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT EARLIER IN LIFE, PERCY WAS MADE A FOOL---HE HAD ONCE GONE TO COLLEGE, AND WAS THE POSSESSOR OF MANY SCHOLARS---HE ONCE HAD A BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND WAS WORTH OVER A MILLION DOLLARS---HE CAME HOME EARLY ONE DAY AND SADLY WHEN HE GOT THERE---HE FOUND HIS WIFE AND BEST FRIEND, THEY WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR---HE TOOK HIS MONEY AND HIT THE ROAD, TRAVELING UP AND DOWN THE HOBO LINE---GIVING HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS TO EVERY HOBO HE COULD FIND---ONE NIGHT PERCY LAY DOWN TO REST AND WAS FOUND BY OTHER HOBO FOLK---BECAUSE OF HIS HEART STOPPING IT'S BEAT, PERCY WELLON NEVER WOKE---HE WILL BE REMEMBERED BY OTHER HOBO'S, FOR WHAT HE DID BEFORE HE DIED---AND THEY CAN ALL REST ASSURED, THAT PERCY, WOKE UP ON THE OTHER SIDE:-----This is Two Texas PawPaw, signing off, and, the good Lord willing and the creeks don't rise, I will return.