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How Fortunate the Man with None

From the play "Mother Courage"You saw sagacious

You know what came of him,

To him complexities seemed plain.

He cursed the hour that gave birth to

And saw that everything was vain.

How great and wise was Solomon.

The world however did not

But soon observed what followed on.

It's wisdom that had brought him to this state.

How fortunate the man with none.

You saw courageous Caesar

You know what he became.

They deified him in his

Then had him murdered just the same.

And as they raised the fatal

How loud he cried: you too my son!

The world however did not

But soon observed what followed on.

It's courage that had brought him to that state.

How fortunate the man with none.

You heard of honest

The man who never lied:

They weren't so grateful as you'd

Instead the rulers fixed to have him

And handed him the poisoned drink.

How honest was the people's noble son.

The world however did not

But soon observed what followed on.

It's honesty that brought him to that state.

How fortunate the man with none.

Here you can see respectable

Keeping to God's own laws.

So far he hasn't taken heed.

You who sit safe and warm

Help to relieve our bitter need.

How virtuously we had begun.

The world however did not

But soon observed what followed on.

It's fear of god that brought us to that state.

How fortunate the man with none.

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Bertolt Brecht

Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht (German: [ˈbɛʁˌt̩ɔlt bʁɛçt] (About t…

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