Christmas Is Now Drawing Near At Hand

Christmas Is Now Drawing Near At Hand - Steve Winwood (史蒂夫·溫伍德)

Christmas is now

Drawing near at hand

Come serve the Lord

And be at his command

And God a portion

For you will provide

And give a blessing

To your soul beside

Down in the garden

Where flowers grow in ranks

Down on your bended knees

And give the Lord thanks

Down on your knees

And pray both night and day

Leave off your sins

And live upright I pray

So proud and lofty is some sort of sin

Which many take delight

And pleasure in

Whose conversation

God doth not dislike

And yet He shakes

His sword before

He strikes

So proud and lofty

Do some people go

Dressing themselves

Like players in the show

They patch and paint

And dress with idle stuff

As if God had not

Made them fine enough

Even little children learn

To curse and swear

And can't recite one word of godly prayer

Who'll teach them better

Or teach them to rely

On Christ the sinner's friend

Who reigns on high