Familiar man, beneath contempt, they knew him all too well,
a common carpenter from town
without a tale to tell.
And now the words they heard contained
authority and power.
They listened to each utterance
and soon their thoughts turned sour.
Verses 2-3 follow
Tune: MACPHERSON’S FAREWELL - Metre: DCM
(an arrangement is available on the Jubilate web-site); NOEL
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 21/6/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk.
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