From the musical “Oklahoma”, 1943
Words by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
Music by Richard Rodgers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Pore Jud is daid, pore Jud Fry is daid
All gether ’round his cawfin now and cry
He had a heart of gold, and he wasn’t very old
Oh, why did sich a feller have to die?
Pore Jud is daid, pore Jud Fry is daid
He’s lookin’ oh, so peaceful and serene
And serene!
He’s all laid out to rest
With his hands acrost his chest
His fingernails have never been so clean
But the folks ’at really knowed him
Knowed ’at beneath them two
Dirty shirts he always wore
There beat a heart as big as all outdoors
As big as all outdoors
Jud Fry loved his fellow man
He loved his fellow man
Pore Jud is daid, pore Jud Fry is daid
His friends’ll weep and wail fer miles around
The daisies in the dell
Will give out a diff’rent smell
Becuz pore Jud is underneath the ground
Pore Jud is daid, a candle lights his haid
He’s layin’ in a cawfin made of wood
And folks are feelin’ sad
Cuz they useter treat him bad
And now they know their friend has gone fer good
Pore Jud is daid, a candle lights his haid
He’s lookin’, oh, so purty and so nice
He looks like he’s asleep
It’s a shame that he won’t keep
But it’s summer and we’re runnin’ out of ice
Pore Jud! Pore Jud!