Jerico. [Willard Wattles]
Jerico, Jerico,
Round and round the walls I go
Where they watch with scornful eyes,
Where the captained bastions rise;
Heel and toe, heel and toe,
Blithely round the walls I go.
Jerico, Jerico,
Round and round the walls I go...
All the golden ones of earth
Regal in their lordly mirth...
Heel and toe, heel and toe,
Round and round the walls I go.
Jerico, Jerico,
Blithely round the walls I go,
With a broken sword in hand
Where the mighty bastions stand;
Heel and toe, heel and toe,
Hear my silly bugle blow.
Heel and toe, heel and toe,
Round the walls of Jerico...
Past the haughty golden gate
Where the emperor in state
Smiles to see the ragged show,
Round and round the towers go.
Jerico, Jerico,
Round and round and round I go...
All their sworded bodies must
Lie low in their tower’s dust...
Heel and toe, heel and toe,
Blithely round the walls I go.
Heel and toe, heel and toe, —
I will blow a thunder note
From my brazen bugle’s throat
Till the sand and thistle know
The leveled walls of Jerico,
Jerico, Jerico, Jerico....