JESUS CHRIST
118 Lord of the Dance
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1 I danced in the morn ing when the world was be gun, and I
2 I danced for the scribe and the Phar i see, but they
3 I danced on the Sab bath and I cured the lame, the
4 I danced on a Fri day when the sky turned black; it’s
5 They cut me down and I leapt up high,
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danced in the moon and the stars and the sun, and I
would not dance and they would not fol low me; I
ho ly peo ple said it was a shame; they
hard to dance with the dev il on your back; they
I am the life that ’ll nev er, nev er die; I’ll
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came down from heav en and I danced on the earth. At
danced for the fish er men, for James and John; they
whipped and they stripped and they hung me on high; and they
bur ied my bod y and they thought I’d gone, but
live in you if you’ll live in me;
WORDS: Sydney Carter (1915- ) LORD OF THE DANCE
MUSIC: Shaker melody, 19th c.; adapt. Sydney Carter (1915- ) Irregular.Ref.
Words and Music © 1963 Stainer & Bell Ltd. (Admin. Hope Publishing Company)
JESUS CHRIST
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Refrain
Beth le hem I had my birth.
came with me and the Dance went on.
left me there on a cross to die. Dance, then, where
I am the Dance and I still go on.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
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ev er you may be; I am the Lord of the
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Dance, said he. And I’ll lead you all where ev er you may
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be, and I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he.
