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So every day they do get
an engagement in London.

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And every day they go--

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the father and son travel--

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walk past in through the streets
of London to get to the theater

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where he would play a concert.

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And they had to pass
by another man who

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played the violin,
another man who was Black,

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except that he had a peg leg and
he had a sack there for people

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to put money into it.

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And his name was
Black Billy Waters.

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His pitch was right in front of
the Delphi Theater in London.

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And so I just tried to imagine
every day this meeting that

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wasn't a meeting.

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This is, "Billy Waters'
Song, At His Pitch."

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"All men are beggars,
white or black.

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Some worship gold,
some peddle brass.

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My only house is on my back.

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I play my fiddle.

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I stay on track, give
my peg leg, 'thank you,

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sire', a jolly thwack.

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All men are beggars,
white or black.

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In the plink of
coin and my gunny

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sack is the bittersweet
music and a life of lack.

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My only house is on my back.

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Was a soldier once, led a failed
attack in that greener country

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for the Union Jack.

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All men are beggars,
white or black.

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Crippled as a crab,
sugary as sassafras,

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I'm Black Billy Waters and
you can kiss my sweet ass.

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My only house weighs on my back.

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There he struts like a
Turkish Cracker Jack.

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London queues for any
novelty and that's a fact.

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All men are beggars,
white or black.

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And to this bright
brown upstart hack

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among kings, one piece
of advice, don't unpack.

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All the home you
own is on your back.

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I'll dance for the
price of a mean cognac,

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sing gay songs like a
natural born maniac.

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All men are beggars,
white or black.

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So let's scrape
the cat gut clean,

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stack the chords three deep.

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See, I'm no quack.

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So my only house is on my back.

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All men are beggars,
white or black."

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