Lyr. Add: THE TWELVE APOSTLES, 2
Newfoundland, 1952, Gordon Willis

1
Come now, I will sing a-you,
What a-will you sing a-me?
Sing a-you the one-o,
What a-may your one be?
God is one and all alone
And evermore shall be so.
2
Come now, I will sing a-you
What a-will you sing a-me?
Sing a-you the two-o,
What a-may your two be?
Two of them were lily-white babes
Dressed a darling green-o,
God is one and all alone
And evermore shall be so.
3
Come now I will sing a-you
What a-will you sing a-me?
Sing a-you the three-o,
What a-may your three be?
Three of them destroyers,
Two of them were lily-white babes,
Dressed a darling green-o.
God is one and all alone
And evermore shall be so

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12
Come now, I will sing a-you
What a-will you sing a-me?
Sing a-you the twelve-o,
What a-may your twelve be?
Twelve are the twelve apostles,
Eleven the 'leven went up to heaven,
Ten are the ten commandments,
Nine are the nine bright shiners,
Eight are the eight archangels,
Seven the bright stars in the sky,
Six are the jelly-come (?) waiters,
Five are the plumb-buoys over the boat,
And four the gospel preachers,
Three of them destroyers,
Two of them were lily-white babes
Dressed a darling green-o,
God is one and all alone
And evermore shall be so.

With musical score, pp. 800-801.
Kenneth Peacock, 1965, "Songs of the Newfoundland Outports, National Museum of Canada.