On a day when the devil, and the world sat down together
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And talked away the hours like a couple of old friends
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While their children all played on the village green together
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With guns, and bombs, and tanks, and lots of fighter aeroplanes
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There came an outsider, from where no one could say
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But simply and straightforwardly he tried to save the day
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He said:
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"God so loved the world
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That He gave His only son.
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God so loved the world
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That He gave His only son".
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And all the politicians, and the scholars said "how sad"
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And after consultation they decided he was mad
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"Conspiracy!" they shouted, "chicanery!" they said
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"He's nothing but a trickster and completely off his head!".
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With sorrow and with anger he looked on their stupidity
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And left them debating on the future of mankind
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He came to the market-place of subterfuge activity
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Anxious to know what attitude he would find
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Amidst all the bargaining he spoke up loud and clear
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The people turned to listen with a condescending ear
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He said:
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"God so loved the world
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That He gave His only son.
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God so loved the world
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That He gave His only son".
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No sooner had he started than the violence broke out
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They railed and they cursed him - just another long-haired lout
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"You sponger! you parasite! we fought for the likes of you
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We give you education and just look where it leads to".
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The Devil raised his glass as the traveller set forth
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To leave the village far behind became his only thought
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But as he reached the outskirts he stopped to rest a while
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And children's voices singing in the schoolhouse made him smile:
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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The bible tells me so.
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(The above chorus repeated, and sung
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simultaneously with the chorus below - until fade)
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"God so loved the world
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That He gave His only son.
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God so loved the world
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That He gave His only son".
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The Traveller
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Clifford T. Ward |