Immigrant Jesus (Kathryn Rose)

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  • (Posted 2018-06-20)  CPDL #50231:         
Editor: Kathryn Rose (submitted 2018-06-20).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 37 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA
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General Information

Title: Immigrant Jesus
Composer: Kathryn Rose
Lyricist: Gary Aldersoncreate page

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredHymn

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard

First published: 2018
Description: Composed in response to refugee children being separated from their parents in the US.

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Original text and translations

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1. You ran from oppression,
Crossed the baking sand;
Found your own safety
In an alien land.

And Rachel's still weeping, weeping,
Weeping for her children.

2. And you found a haven
In that far off place;
Shielded and welcomed
By a foreign race,

And Rachel's still weeping, weeping,
Weeping for her children.

3. Fled here as a stranger;
Ran in hope and fear.
What kind of welcome
Shall this child find here?

And Rachel's still weeping, weeping,
Weeping for her children.

4. Now torn from my mother,
Caged in a free land,
Immigrant Jesus,
Come and take my hand.

And Rachel's still weeping, weeping,
Weeping for her children.