A Pilgrims Way
Peter Bellamy
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Verse 1
F Bb F C F I do not look for holy saints to guide me on my way, F Bb F F C Or male and female devilkins to lead my feet astray. Bb F C If these are added, I rejoice if not, I shall not mind, F Bb F C F So long as I have leave and choice to meet my fellow-kind.
Chorus 1
Bb F C And as we come and as we go (and deadly-soon go we!) F Bb F C F F The people, Lord, Thy people, are good enough for me!
Verse 2
F Bb F C F Thus I will honour pious men whose virtue shines so bright F Bb F F C (Though none are more amazed than I when I by chance do right), Bb F C And I will pity foolish men for woe their sins have bred F Bb F C F (Though ninety-nine per cent of mine I brought on my own head).
Chorus 2
Bb F C And, Amorite or Eremite, or General Averagee, F Bb F C F F The people, Lord, Thy people, are good enough for me!
Verse 3
F Bb F C F And when they bore me overmuch, I will not shake mine ears, F Bb F F C Recalling many thousand such whom I have bored to tears. Bb F C And when they labour to impress, I will not doubt nor scoff; F Bb F C F Since I myself have done no less and—sometimes pulled it off.
Chorus 3
Bb F C Yes, as we are and we are not, and we pretend to be, F Bb F C F The people, Lord, Thy people, are good enough for me!
Instrumental 2
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Verse 4
F Bb F C F And when they work me random wrong, as often-times hath been, F Bb F C I will not cherish hate too long (my hands are none too clean). Bb F C And when they do me random good I will not feign surprise. F Bb F C F No more than those whom I have cheered with wayside courtesies.
Chorus 4
Bb F C But, as we give and as we take—whate'er our takings be— F Bb F C F F The people, Lord, Thy people, are good enough for me!
Verse 5
F Bb F C F But when I meet with frantic folk who sinfully declare F Bb F C There is no pardon for their sin, the same I will not spare Bb F C Till I have proved that Heaven and Hell which in our hearts we have F Bb F C F Show nothing irredeemable on either side the grave.
Chorus 5
Bb F C For as we live and as we die—if utter Death there be— F Bb F C F The people, Lord, Thy people, are good enough for me!
Instrumental 3
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Verse 6
F Bb F C F Deliver me from every pride—the Middle, High, and Low— F Bb F C That bars me from a brother's side, whatever pride he show. Bb F C And purge from me all heresies of thought and speech and pen F Bb F C F That bid me judge him otherwise than I am judged. Amen!
Verse 7
F Bb F C F That I may sing of Crowd or King or road-borne company, F Bb F C That I may labour in my day, vocation and degree, Bb F C To prove the same in deed and name, and hold unshakenly F Bb F C F (Where'er I go, whate'er I know, whoe'er my neighbour be)
Chorus 6
Bb F C This single faith in Life and Death and to Eternity: F Bb F C F “The people, Lord, Thy people, are good enough for me!”
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