{"id":6688,"date":"2020-11-06T17:26:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T17:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=6688"},"modified":"2020-11-06T17:42:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T17:42:24","slug":"help-a-lame-dog-over-a-stile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/help-a-lame-dog-over-a-stile\/","title":{"rendered":"Help a lame-dog over a stile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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First Published<\/td>1876<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Harry Linn<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN24783<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Harry Linn<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Source Singers<\/strong>
Green, Charles 1971 England : West Sheffield<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Poor and needy, sick and seedy, I've met many a man\nWho was once wealthy, strong and healthy, in this world began; \nWorn and weary, sad and dreary, now he chugs along, \nNever sighing, always trying, still all things go wrong\n\nIf you meet him, kindly greet him, \nShake his hand and smile, \nDo not sneer him, try to cheer him, \nHelp the lame-dog o'er the style.<\/em>\n\nWife and family, quietly calmly, live in doubt and dread\nChildren crying, almost dying still, they can't get bread, \nNever heeding, all their pleading, people pass them by,\nNothing sparing, little caring if they all should die.\n\nThe husband struggles with his troubles, madly bravely on, \nThough cruel fortunes with him sporting, his hopes are not all gone, Friends they shun him, harshly spurn him, cruelly pass him, \nHe's below them, they don't know him now because he's poor.\n\nSo if you meet him, kindly greet him, shake him by the hand \nDon't grieve him but relieve him every way you can, \nJust remember cold December soon will pass away, \nStorm and showers - will change to flowers with him t'will soon be May\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A  song by Harry Linn<\/a>, which survives in a number of broadsides and which was remembered by traditional Sheffield singer,  Charles Green in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
The song was first published in 1876, by B. Williams – it was reviewed in the “New Music” section of The London Graphic – it’s hard not to agree that some of the sentiments expressed feel a little stale in written form\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Graphic, March 11, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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