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elizabeth maconchy - how samson bore away the gates of gaza lyrics

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once, in a night as black as ink
she drove him out when he would not drink
round the house there were men in wait
asleep in rows by the gaza gate
but the holy spirit was in this man
like a gentle wind he crept and ran
(“it is midnight,” said the big town clock.)

he lifted the gates up, post and lock
the hole in the wall was high and wide
when he bore away old gaza’s pride
into the deep of the night: ++
the bold jack johnson israelite, ++
samson ++
the judge
the nazarite

thе air was black, like the smoke of a dragon
samson’s hеart was as big as a wagon
he sang like a shining golden fountain
he sweated up to the top of the mountain
he threw down the gates with a noise like judgment
and the quails all ran with the big arous+m+nt

but he wept ++ “i must not love tough queens
and spend on them my hard earned means
i told that girl i would drink no more
therefore she drove me from her door
oh sorrow!
sorrow!
i cannot hide
oh lord look down from your chariot side
you made me judge, and i am not wise
i am weak as a sheep for all my size.”
let samson
be coming
into your mind

the moon shone out, the stars were g+y
he saw the foxes run and play
he rent his garments, he rolled around
in deep repentance on the ground

then he felt a honey in his soul
grace abounding made him whole
then he saw the lord in a chariot blue
the gorgeous stallions whinnied and flew
the iron wheels hummed an old hymn+tune
and crunched in thunder over the moon
and samson shouted to the sky:
“my lord, my lord is riding high.”

like a steed, he pawed the gates with his hoof
he rattled the gates like rocks on the roof
and danced in the night
on the mountain+top
danced in the deep of the night:
the judge, the holy nazarite
whom ropes and chains could never bind
let samson
be coming
into your mind

whirling his arms, like a top he sped
his long black hair flew round his head
like an outstretched net of silky cord
like a wheel of the chariot of the lord

let samson
be coming
into your mind

samson saw the sun anew
he left the gates in the grass and dew
he went to a county+seat a+nigh
found a harlot proud and high:
philistine that no man could tame ++
delilah was her lady+name
oh sorrow
sorrow
she was too wise
she cut off his hair
she put out his eyes

let samson
be coming
into your mind

- elizabeth maconchy lyrics

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