Date: 28 Feb 97 06:41:30 GMT



On , btbanzai@aol.com (BTBanzai) wrote;

 B>Ms. Ketira,
 B>     If you please, I'd like the Pagan version. The Christion 
 B>versions of such things tend to be a bit depressing. Hell fire and 
 B>Dalmations and such. Thank you very much!

Actually most of the Christian hymns *I'm* familiar with run more towards 
blessings and other such Good Stuff.  Here's the one I wrote with Lee Gold 
(who has more recently come up with a new chorus, plus an ending verse or 
two for Jewish singers).


                 LORD OF THE DANCE, Revision 3:1
                 Words:Kay Shapero and Lee Gold
                    Tune:"Lord of the Dance"


I danced in the morning when all time was begun.
I scattered out the galaxies and lit the moon and sun.
I rolled away the waters, and the land had its birth.
And as Lord of the Dance I appeared on the Earth.

CHORUS

I danced o'er the ocean, and I called out, "Bring Forth"
And life sprang up from the south up to the north,
It joined in the dance, as it swam, flew and ran,
And in Eden there took shape a woman and man.

CHORUS

But the woman and man chose to break from the dance,
To stumble on the path of error and mischance.
In sorrow I exiled them outside my garden wall
But never outside my love and my call.

CHORUS

To Egypt I came in time, with Joseph and his kin
And when time came around, I led them forth again.
As a pillar of cloud, as a pillar of fire
I danced on before them, and I did never tire.

CHORUS

(slower and slower with the first verse; no chorus between verses; speed up 
with the second verse.)

To win mankind free, a new dance I stepped,
To teach and then to die a shameful death.
The Earth quaked and darkened; all life seemed in a trance.
Could it be that this was the end of the dance?

But the dance was not done, for I did not stay dead
For sinless, I could harrow Hell instead.
All penalty paid for the souls held in thrall,
Come be free, dance with me, for my dance is for ALL!

CHORUS

Words copyright Kay Shapero and Lee Gold, November 1990


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