| Lyrics: | DIVERS AND LAZARUS
As it fell out upon one day rich Divers made a feast
And he
invited all his friends and gentry of the best
The Lazarus laid him down and down and down at
Divers door
"Some meat, some drink, brother Divers, to bestow upon the poor"
"Thou
are non of my brothers, Lazarus, that lies begging at my door
No meat nor drink will I give
thee, nor bestow upon the poor."
Then Lazarus laid him down and down and down at divers
gate
"Some meat, some drink, brother Divers, for Jesus Christ's sake"
"Thou art none
of my brothers, Lazarus, that lies begging at my gate
No meat nor drink will I give thee for
Jesus christ's sake"
The Dive sent out out two merry men to whip poor Lazarus away
They
had no power to strike at all but threw their whips away
"Thou art none of my brothers,
Lazarus, That lies begging at my wall
No meat nor drink will I give thee, but with hunger,
starve you shall"
Then Dive sent out two hungry dogs to bite hims as he lay
They had no
power to bite at all, but licked his sores away
As it fell our upon one day, poor Lazarus
sickened and died
There came two angels out of Heaven, his soul therein to guide
"Rise up,
rise up, brother Lazarus, and come along with me
For there's a place prepared in Heaven to sit
on an angel's knee"
As it fell out upon one day, rich Divers sickened and died
There
came two serpents out of hell, his soul therein to guide
"Rise up, rise up, brother Divers, and
come along with me
For there's a place prepared in Hell, from which thou canst not
flee"
Then Divers looked up with his eyes and saw poor Lazarus blessed
"Give me one
drop of water," he said, "To quench my flaming thirst
Had I as many years to live, as there are
blades of grass
Then I would find some peace secure, and the devil would have no
part."
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filename[ DIVRLAZ
recorded on Nowell Sing We
Clear
SF
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