Lyric discussion by Abiku 

"A well besides the river" contains one of the best lyrics for a song I had read in my life (I have 40 years). I don't know what means "the tupping fool" because english is not my natural language. I think this song is giving us advices of what to do with ourselves as human beings.

Maybe it's a 'topping' fool, which would be similar to the expression 'icing on the cake'. Irony intended in that case, I presume.

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