Walking Cane – traditional/with bridge and additional lyrics © 2003 Richard Ruane

Hand me down, my walking cane

It’s time to take a road that’s plain

Hand me down that walking cane

I will not pass this way again

My sins they have overtaken, overtaken me

My sins they have overtaken me

I got drunk, but paid no mind

I left my home and friends behind

Oh I got drunk, I paid no mind

And now I’ve no path left to find

My sins they have overtaken, overtaken me

My sins they have overtaken me

Hell is deep and hell is wide

And full of souls, once filled with pride

It might be deep, it might be wide

I might have one foot there inside

My sins they have overtaken, overtaken me

My sins they have overtaken me

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 that walking cane

My feet won’t take me here again

My sins they have overtaken, overtaken me

My sins they have overtaken, overtaken me

My sins they have overtaken, overtaken me

My sins they have overtaken me