Tune: Galilee
(\'Jesus calls us o\'er the tumult\')
Mark 10 v.46-52
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Bartimaeus sat by highway
Begging for some help each day
Then he heard Jesus was passing
By, it in his ears did ring
He cried out, Jesus, have mercy
Son of David, come, help me
Would not be quietened or silenced
Still he cried out, persistence
Jesus stood still, and commanded
Call the blind man here, He said
Then the crowd said, Take good comfort
The Lord calls you, Him you sought
He came to Jesus, who did ask
What will you I do, the task?
Bartimaeus said, Lord, that I
Might receive my sight, my ply (plea)
Jesus said, Go your way, for your
Faith has made you whole for sure
And straightway his sight he received
Then followed Christ, he believed