Escape To Egypt

Composer: Roger D. Linder
Roger D. Linder: FAWM 2023
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Angel
I'm going to throw this out to you
The child's impending death is due
And Herod is the fiend who will
Send many men to find and kill

There's no way to stop this man
Get away far as you can
Egypt seems the place to be
Gather all for you must flee


Joseph
It's been revealed within a dream
Young Jesus is part of a scheme
And though he's only two years old
His death has truly been foretold

To Egypt we must make our way
No time to to hesitate this day
No time to take too much with us
Just grab the child, don't make a fuss

We'll fly by night to flee this threat
We will escape this danger yet
We'll find ourselves a nomad group
And beg to join them in their troop

Silently, we'll whisk away
Move by night, and not by day
Many miles to travel still
Safety insured by God's will
Commentary
Matthew 2:13-15 - When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

Roger D. Linder: FAWM 2023
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