Joshua Fought the Battle of Cherry Coke

...from my upcoming book, "Kings and Things:  Stories of the Old Testament"

One day my friend Charlie came over for lunch

After Sunday school was done

We talked about stories the teacher had told

We each told our favorite one

Charlie said, “ooooh, let me tell you the best

The one that I like most of all

It’s all about this fellow named Josh

And the fall of the Cherry Coke wall

I scratched my head and said, “Are you sure?

That Cherry Coke was the name of the place

I don’t remember this story at all

But Charlie just made a big face

He told about Joshua and the people he led

And how they marched all round the wall

Then finally one day they gave a big shout

And the walls of great Cherry Coke did fall

I still had my doubts, but I let Charlie go

Since he told the story so well

But I wondered about the name of that town

In that tale that Charlie did tell

Then I thought a while longer and I thought a bit more

So Charlie might have slightly misspoke

But is it more fun to say Jericho out loud

Or say with a wink, “Cherry Coke?”