Enjoy a new singing of the Ballad of George Fox in English and in Ukrainian from the Ukrainian Quaker Songbook.
Words by Sydney Carter.
There’s a Light that was shining
When the world began.
Light in heart, that is shining
In a woman and man,
There’s a Light that is shining
In us; in them, too.
It’s the Light that is shining,
Friend, in me and in you.
Walk in the Light,
Wherever you may be.
Walk in the Light,
Wherever you may be!
“In my old leather breeches
And my shaggy, shaggy locks,
I am walking in the glory
Of the Light,” said Fox.
With a book and a steeple
And a bell and a key
They would bind it for ever –
But they can’t, said he.
O, the book, it will perish,
And the steeple will fall,
But the Light will be shining
At the end of it all.
Walk in the Light,
Wherever you may be.
Walk in the Light,
Wherever you may be!
“In my old leather breeches
And my shaggy, shaggy locks,
I am walking in the glory
Of the Light,” said Fox.
“If we give you a pistol,
Will you fight for the Lord?’
“But you can’t kill the devil
With a gun or a sword.”
“Will you swear on the Bible?”
“I will not,’ said he,
“For the truth is more holy
Than the book to me.”
Walk in the Light,
Wherever you may be.
Walk in the Light,
Wherever you may be!
“In my old leather breeches
And my shaggy, shaggy locks,
I am walking in the glory
Of the Light,” said Fox.
There’s an ocean of darkness
And I drown in the night
Till I come through the darkness
To the ocean of light,
You can lock me in prison
But the Light will be free,
“And I walk in the glory
Of the Light,” said he.
Walk in the Light,
Wherever you may be.
Walk in the Light,
Wherever you may be!
In your old leather breeches
And your shaggy, shaggy locks,
You enlightened and changed
The world, George Fox!