Poverty

X:1
T:Poverty
B:Singing Together, Autumn 1966, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:4/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:A
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w:All poor men and_ hum-ble, All lame men who
w:For Je-sus our_ trea-sure, With love past all
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w:stum-ble Come haste ye, nor_ feel ye a-fraid
w:meas-ure, In low-ly poor_ man-ger was laid.
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w:Though wise men who found him Laid_ rich gifts a-
w:Then haste we to show him The_ prai-ses we
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w:round him, Yet ox-en they gave_ him their hay; And
w:owe him; Our ser-vice he ne'er_ can des-pise: Whose
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w:Je-sus in_ beau-ty Ac-cept-ed their du-ty; Con-
w:love still is_ a-ble To show us that sta-ble Where
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w:tent-ed in_ man-ger he lay.
w:soft-ly in_ man-ger he lies.
W:All poor men and humble,
W:All lame men who stumble
W:Come haste ye, nor feel ye afraid.
W:For Jesus our treasure,
W:With love past all measure,
W:In lowly poor manger was laid.
W:
W:Though wise men who found him
W:Laid rich gifts around him,
W:Yet oxen they gave him their hay;
W:And Jesus in beauty
W:Accepted their duty;
W:Contented in manger he lay.
W:
W:Then haste we to show him
W:The praises we owe him;
W:Our service he ne'er can despise:
W:Whose love still is able
W:To show us that stable
W:Where softly in manger he lies.

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