Poetry

Zacchaeus

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Now, Zacchaeus was a very little man,
and a very little man was he.
He climbed up into a sycamore tree,
for the Saviour he wanted to see.

And when the Saviour passed that way,
he looked up in the tree,
and said: Now Zacchaeus, you come down,
for I’m coming to your house for tea.

I am coming to your house for tea.
Yes, I am coming.
I am coming to your house today for tea.

Now Zacchaeus went a very little way
and a very little way went he;
and when he welcomed Jesus in,
some changes we would see.
‘I’ll split my goods in half’, he said;
‘Give one half to the poor;
I will pay back what I’ve cheated you
and times it all by four!”		Jesus said to him,
today salvation has come to your house
For the Son of man
Has come to seek and save the lost

Now, Zacchaeus was a very little man,
and a very little man was he.
but Jesus who was sent to us
came to die on the Roman tree
He came to look for those who were lost
to find and save them all;
and what he did for Zacchaeus
he can do for you and me

For God so loved the world
He gave his Son to come and save us,
So believe in him;
receive eternal life

You may have sung Zacchaeus to this tune once or twice before, but if not…

Words: Traditional/Unknown
Music Lambton Whorm Traditional/John Bull
The copyright of this arrangement of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 2022).
The midi file was produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The mp3 was produced using Myriad software.
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Therefore

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Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return
And come with singing unto Zion
And everlasting joy shall be
upon their heads. upon their heads.

Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return
And come with singing unto Zion
And everlasting joy shall be
upon their heads. upon their heads.

They shall obtain They shall obtain
gladness and joy gladness and joy
And sorrow and sighing
shall flee away. shall flee away.

Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return
And come with singing unto Zion
And everlasting joy shall be
upon their heads. upon their heads.

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Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return
And come with singing unto Zion
And everlasting joy shall be
upon their heads.

Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return
And come with singing unto Zion
And everlasting joy shall be
upon their heads.

They shall obtain
gladness and joy
And sorrow and sighing
shall flee away.

Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return
And come with singing unto Zion
And everlasting joy shall be
upon their heads.

Music: Ruth Lake Words: Ruth Lake © 1972
The copyright of this arrangement of music a cappella is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 2022).
If you wish to perform it then to be safe you are likely to need a CCLI licence or hard copies of Scripture in Song, or another book containing this work, though the writer remembers learning the song from another who merely had a guitar and a voice, and seems to think that that might have been before 1972, but then the song may have been in circulation before it appeared in print.
For the avoidance of doubt, the version here is for educational purposes to illustrate the use of a close coupled group of female voices to bring to life a gospel song.
The midi file was produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The mp3 was produced using Myriad software.
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An auspicious date

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Nothing happened

The day has arrived*; the dragons are unleashed. How excited are you? Two bank holidays and a weekend, and still it is May the twenty second for some. It is time to reveal the finale, having come across Lambton Worm, a tale about a young squire who went fishing on a Sunday morn when he should not have done with terrible consequences for the people who lived on both sides of the Wear, Coco thought Coco would paraphrase some of it with another dragon tale about a different young squire (young ‘un) in a not so proper dialect sung in an awful Geordie accent.

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Lambton Worm

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Coco came across the Lambton Worm recently, in proper dialect sung in a wonnerful Geordie accent. It is a tale about a young squire who went fishing on a Sunday morning when he should not have done with terrible consequences for the people who lived on both sides of the Wear.

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Another year

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Shimada Mitsufusa

Come all you virulent strains
Of singers to unite.
Vibrant songs bring hymns of praise
In joyful aires tonight.
Delightful is the day
Perhaps we may reflect
And ponder in a way
Regarding time elapsed,
‘Til at the end we do repair
Soon to rejoice – another year.

Who?

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Who is she?

Yesterday as the sun went down
Only one thing was in my crown;
Under the glow of the darkening cloud
In my heart a thought cried aloud:
Summer is going, with all its host,
Surrendering to autumn and winter’s frost
Hope fled away, gone without reason
Early, to feel the loss of the season.
Then, another came into view,
Ready and willing her life to renew,
Under the glow of the pinkening cloud
Even she who is you, of whom be proud.