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Thread #2597   Message #10821
Posted By: Joe Offer
20-Aug-97 - 03:45 AM
Thread Name: ADD/Origins: Seek and Ye Shall Find
Subject: ADD: Seek and Ye Shall Find.
Seek and Ye Shall Find

Seek and Ye Shall Find
Knock and the door shall be opened
Ask, and it shall be given
And the love comes a-tricklin' down.

My brother, the Lord has spoken
My sister, the Lord has spoken
My brother, the Lord has spoken,
And the love comes a-tricklin' down.

OK, that's what I have in memory, and that tricklin' may come from the trickle-down theory or something. Here are the lyrics from an actual, printed book called "Songs," by Yohann Anderson:

(If you just) Seek and you shall find
Knock and the door shall be opened,
Ask, and it shall be given
And the love will come a-tum-ba-lin down.

1. On every door I knocked full measure
Some they offered fame and pleasure
But I found life's greatest treasure
When the love came a-tum-ba-lin down.

2. Life is a long hard journey and
To Him it matters where it ends
So make the journey count my friend
And Love will come a-tum-ba-lin down.

3. I know that the Lord is with us
I know that the Lord is with us
I know that the Lord is with us
And the love will come a tum-ba-lin down

4. I know that the Lord has shown me. (repeat twice more)
And the love will come a tum-ba-lin down

5. I know that the Lord has told me (repeat twice more)
And the love will come a tum-ba-lin down

there's also a version in Rise Up Singing.
-Joe Offer-