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It was the road to Jericho,

And brave indeed the man

Who went alone and waited not

To join the caravan.

For robber hoards swooped down the cliffs

Like eagles on their prey,

And mercy was not known to them,

Theirs but to kill and slay.

Along the road to Jericho

A man went riding by,

He heard a groan of mortal pain,

He heard a piercing cry.

He got him down from off his beast,

He found the one who bled,

The thieves had bruised and beaten him

And left him well nigh dead

(The Levite and the priest had passed,

The calls to them were vain).

He bound his wounds. With oil and wine

He eased the grevious pain.

Then to the inn he carried him

And paid the keeper's price,