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LORD OF THE DANCE
- I danced in the morning
- When the world was begun,
- And I danced in the moon
- And the stars and the sun,
- And I came down from heaven
- And I danced on the earth,
- At Bethlehem
- I had my birth.
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- Dance, then, wherever you may be,
- I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
- And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,
- And I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he.
- I danced for the scribe
- And the pharisee,
- But they would not dance
- And they wouldn't follow me.
- I danced for the fishermen,
- For James and John —
- They came with me
- And the Dance went on.
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- I danced on the Sabbath
- And I cured the lame;
- The holy people
- Said it was a shame.
- They whipped and they stripped
- And they hung me on high,
- And they left me there
- On a Cross to die.
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- I danced on a Friday
- When the sky turned black —
- It's hard to dance
- With the devil on your back.
- They buried my body
- And they thought I’d gone,
- But I am the Dance,
- And I still go on.
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- They cut me down
- And I leapt up high;
- I am the life
- That’ll never, never die;
- I’ll live in you
- If you’ll live in me —
- I am the Lord
- Of the Dance, said he.
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Sydney Carter (1915-2004)
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