Tune: Galilee
(\'Jesus bids us o\'er the tumult\')
Matthew 25 v.1-13 parts
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Be you ready as wise bridesmaids
Were in their fine dress displayed
Awaiting the bridegroom\'s visit
Making sure their lamps are lit
May we have oil for our lamp-light
To see clearly in our sight
When Christ the Bridegroom does return
Having lamps that brightly burn
Ready at any hour for
His return will come, \'tis sure
We cannot others place prepare
They cannot our oil lamp share
When bridegroom returned, the wise they
Went unto marriage that day
With Him, but when foolish supplied
With more oil, they were denied
For the door was shut, they could not
It open, sad was their lot
The too late, Christ them did not know
But wise were blessed, it be so*
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* Re-arranging \'so be it\' = \'Amen\'.