Songwriter: Traditional
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
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
more tracks from the album
From the album
- A Very Special Christmas 3 (1997)
Steve Winwood popular songs
- Higher Love
- Valerie
- While You See a Chance
- Back in the High Life Again
- Roll with It
- Arc of a Diver
- I’m Not Drowning
- Your Silence Is Your Song
- Real Love
- Fill Me Up
- Bully
- At Times We Do Forget
- Night Train
- Silvia (Who Is She?)
- Voodoo Chile
- Winner Loser
- Hungry Man
- You’ll Keep On Searching
- Spy in the House of Love
- Different Light
- Another Deal Goes Down
- Christmas Is Now Drawing Near at Hand
- Secrets
- Plenty Lovin’