Walking Cane
– traditional, with additional music and lyrics © Richard Ruane 2004
Hand me down, my walking cane
It’s time to take a road that’s plain
Hand me down my walking cane
I will not pass this way again
My sins have overtaken, overtaken me
My sins they have overtaken me
I got drunk, I paid no mind
I left my home, my friends behind
Oh I got drunk, I paid no mind
And now I’ve no path left to find
Hell is deep and hell is wide
Full of souls, once filled with pride
It might be deep, it might be wide
I might have one foot there inside
But don’t you wait upon the doorstep for me darling
Take the candle from the window, blow it out
Don’t you see me in each stranger’s face that’s passing
I’ve dug myself into a hole, too deep for getting out
Oh hand me down my walking cane
My time has passed, I won’t remain
Hand me down my walking cane
My feet won’t take me here again
