Lift high the banner of these games
in this Olympic year,
that as we forge relationships,
respect might cast out fear.
Whatever name or creed we bear,
we share a common birth,
our skill and our ability
is drawn from all the earth.
Verses 2-3 follow
Please use with full acknowledgement and include in your CCL returns.
Possible tune: KINGSFOLD
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 28/1/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk.
Please include any reproduction for local church and school use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.