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1. I danced in the morn ing when the world was be gun, and I
2. I danced for the scribe and the Phar i see, but they
3. I danced on the sab bath when I cured the lame, the
4. I danced on a Fri day and the sky turned black; it’s
5 They cut me down and I leapt up high,

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danced in the moon and the stars and the sun, and I
would not dance and they would not fol low me; I
ho ly peo ple said it was a shame; they
hard to dance with the dev il on your back; they
I am the life that ’ll nev er, nev er die; I’ll
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United Methodist Hymnal 261

WORDS: Sydney Carter, 1963; © 1963 Stainer & Bell, Ltd. (admin. by Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by
permission.)
MUSIC (LORD OF THE DANCE, Irr. with Refrain): 19th cent. Shaker tune; adapt. by Sydney Carter, 1963; harm. by Gary Alan Smith, 1988; © 1963, 1989
Stainer & Bell, Ltd. (admin. by Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by Permission.)
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came down from heav en and I danced on the earth. At
danced for the fish er men, for James and John; they
whipped and they stripped and they hung me high; and they
bur ied my bod y and they thought I’d gone, but
live in you if you’ll live in me;

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Beth le hem I had my birth.
came to me and the dance went on.
left me there on a cross to die. Dance, then, wher
I am the dance and I still go on.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.


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United Methodist Hymnal 261

WORDS: Sydney Carter, 1963; © 1963 Stainer & Bell, Ltd. (admin. by Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by
permission.)
MUSIC (LORD OF THE DANCE, Irr. with Refrain): 19th cent. Shaker tune; adapt. by Sydney Carter, 1963; harm. by Gary Alan Smith, 1988; © 1963, 1989
Stainer & Bell, Ltd. (admin. by Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by Permission.)
 
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Dance, said he. And I’ll lead you all wher


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ev er you may be, and I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.


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United Methodist Hymnal 261

WORDS: Sydney Carter, 1963; © 1963 Stainer & Bell, Ltd. (admin. by Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by
permission.)
MUSIC (LORD OF THE DANCE, Irr. with Refrain): 19th cent. Shaker tune; adapt. by Sydney Carter, 1963; harm. by Gary Alan Smith, 1988; © 1963, 1989
Stainer & Bell, Ltd. (admin. by Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by Permission.)