Come All You Worthy Christian Men

collected by Sabine Baring-Gould and Cecil Sharp, from a John Dingle, 1904.

Come all ye worthy Christians, that dwell within this land Don't spend your time in rioting, recollect you are but a man Be watchful of your latter end, be ready when you're called There is many changes in this world, some rise and some do fall. 2. See Job he was a patient man, and a rich man in the past And when he was brought to poverty, his sorrow did increase He bore it all most patiently, no sin did he repine He always trusted in the Lord, and soon got rich again. 3. Come all you worthy Christians, that are so very poor Remember how poor Lazarus, lay at the rich man's door A begging for the crumbs of bread, which from his table fell The scripture now informs us all, in Heaven he doth dwell. 4. So poor I am contented, no riches do I crave For all things are but vanity, on this side of the grave There is many roll in riches, their glasses will run out No riches we brought into this world, and none can carry out 5. The time it then will come when parted we must be The only difference then remains to joy or misery We all must give a strict account, the great as well as small So recollect my people, one God will judge us all.