Chorus:
Tent it on the sides and top:
Blast the paint off till we drop.
Come on, now: let's do it! Hop!
Let us get it flowing!
We will paint it once again
When we're finished fixing, then
Tell you the occasion when
You can once more run it --
Not, though, till we've done it.
Chorus:
We've restored it by degrees,
On our hands and on our knees.
Will it work for good, now? Please!
We've no way of knowing.
Run the water through it clear,
And no doubt you needn't fear:
If it's cloudy, though -- oh dear!
It will clog for certain.
Don't let any dirt in!
Chorus:
If you do, then call us back.
Turn us loose: we've got the knack.
We will fix your fountain, Jack,
If you pay what's owing!
Originally published in SUL News Notes, June 3, 1994.
c 1994, 1995 Fleabonnet Press for the author.