Christ In The Stranger's Guise
Adapted by Alfred Burt 1948
An Old English Rune of Hospitality.

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I met a stranger yest'-er'en. *
I put food in the eating place,
drink in the drinking place,
music in the listening place,
and in the name of the Triune,
He blessed myself and my house.
My cattle and my loved ones.
And the lark sang in His song:
Often, often, often goes
the Christ in the stranger's guise.
Often, often, often goes
the Christ in the stranger's guise.

* [yesterday evening]

 

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