It was poor little Jesus, born on a Friday, and they laid him in a manger. Wasn't that a pity and a shame, O Lord? Wasn't that a pity and a shame? It was poor little Jesus, child of Mary, didn't have no shelter. Wasn't that a pity and a shame, O Lord? Wasn't that a pity and a shame? It was poor little Jesus, they whipped him up a mountain, and they hung him with a robber. Wasn't that a pity and a shame, O Lord? Wasn't that a pity and a shame? He was born on Christmas, he was born on Christmas, didn't have no cradle. Wasn't that a pity and a shame, O Lord? Wasn't that a pity and a shame? Yes, yes. Yes, yes. Yes, yes. Wasn't that a pity and a shame, O Lord? Wasn't that a pity and a shame?