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Posted By: Joe Offer
08-Jun-04 - 04:19 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Come All Ye Worthy Christian Men
Subject: ADD: Come All Ye Worthy Christian Men
Come all ye worthy Christians, that dwell within this land Don't spend your time in rioting, recollect you are but a man Be watchful of your latter end, be ready when you're called There is many changes in this world, some rise and some do fall
See Job he was a patient man, and a rich man in the past And when he was brought to poverty, his sorrow did increase He bore it all most patiently, no sin did he repine He always trusted in the Lord, and soon got rich again
Come all you worthy Christians, that are so very poor Remember how poor Lazarus, lay at the rich man's door A begging for the crumbs of bread, which from his table fell The scripture now informs us all, in Heaven he doth dwell
So poor I am contented, no riches do I crave For all things are but vanity, on this side of the grave There is many roll in riches, their glasses will run out No riches we brought into this world, and none can carry out
The time it then will come when parted we must be The only difference then remains to joy or misery We all must give a strict account, the great as well as small So recollect my people, one God will judge us all
This song was collected by Baring-Gould from John Dingle of Coryton on the 12th August 1904. He was accompanied on this occasion by Cecil Sharp who, it is recorded in the manuscript, noted down the tune. (Volume 2 page 61 No 144c)