“Shut up and let him sing it,” said Leon. “It’s great, Monty.”
So Jimmy strummed an introduction, and then, tilting his head back, sang:
“One day when I was walking
Across the old school yard
I chanced upon a fellow
And he was crying hard.
Said I, ‘What is your trouble?’
I thought his heart would break.
His tearful eyes he raised to mine
And then these words he spake: