Tune: Winchester Old
(\'While shepherds watched\')
Luke Chapter 1 parts
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Angel to Zacharias spake
Announcement he did make
Gabriel sent from God\'s presence
Went to the temple hence
While Zacharias he there served
Came fully undeserved
The message that his prayer would be
Answered by the Lord,s ee
For wife Elisabeth and he
Would bear a son, he be
Named john the Baptist, to prepare
Way of the Lord, it share
Zacharias did not believe
Did not by faith receive
So psychophonosthenia
\'Soul-sound-less\', tongue not stir
Did not stir until John was born
Upon that glorious morn
Then his tongue loosed, outburst of praise
To \'Benedictus\' raise*
John did go forth, prepare the way
For Christ to come one day
It not be long, but imminent
Christ from the Father sent
* Benedictus - a prophetic \'hymn\' at the
end of Luke Chapter 1.