Good and Kind Saint Nicholas
By C.Foegen
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| This is a stor-y of My-ra, a place we find near Greece. The Bi-shop there in My-ra was sad-ly now de-ceased | Un known now to the Bishops A ship came in that night And on her was a sailor Who set off for church at first light | They ask the startled sailor Please tell us sir your name? Ni-cho-las, he answered What service shall I claim? | Well, we all know the stor-ies, the school boys and the brine, the vir-gins saved from slav-ery, the crim-inals saved in time. |
| And so they came to My-ra The Bi-shops one and all To find for those in My-ra A new Bi-shop to install | And so our sai-lor, Ni-cholas He reached the church at dawn And came on through the entrance And saw Bishops forlorn | (And) then they told him everything The long night and the vision And how they im-plored Gods guidance And God Him-self revealed him | The soldiers and the em-peror, the famine and the feast, the safe return of Basil, and the Jew a Chris-tian fleeced. |
| They work through the night long search-ing But no good man was found And just as hope was fail-ing The Lords Own Word re-sounds | And when the Bi-shops saw him In hope they gath-ered round And one said to his brothers I think our man is found | Now what could Ni-cho-las do But a-bide the Word of God And be-come My-ras new Bi-shop Fulfill-ing this oath with love | Could one man do such great things? Indeed our L-rd did say, Greater things would happen, with the faithful ones someday. |
| The man you seek is named Ni-cho-las He's dock-ing here at dawn So go to the church and meet him You will not wait too long. | |||
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| Good and kind Saint Ni-cholas Holy and true Bishop Ni-cholas He pleased our good Father by following His Son, And now the saint's o-wn story can be sung. | Good and kind Saint Ni-cholas Holy and true Bishop Ni-cholas He pleased our good Father by following His Son, And now the saint's o-wn story can be sung. | Good and kind Saint Ni-cholas Holy and true Bishop Ni-cholas He pleased our good Father by following His Son, And now the saint's o-wn story can be sung. | Good and kind Saint Ni-cholas Holy and true Bishop Ni-cholas He pleased our good Father by following His Son, And now the saint's o-wn story can be sung. |
| He pleased our good Father by following His Son, And now the saint's o-wn story is sung. |
by C.Foegen © 2001
