Lyrics
5.
They landed on the other side,
There where the Gerasenes reside.
Jesus came up on the wide shore,
Where the tombs of the dead folk were.
A man with devils in his head
Was living there among the dead;
And Jesus said, Come out! Begone!
You unclean spirits, leave this man!
A devil cried out piteously,
O what have you do with me?
O Jesus, Son of God Most High,
Do not torment me, leave me be!
And from that devil there came more,
Jumping and dancing on the shore,
And Jesus, of this company,
Asked of them what their names would be?
Our name is legion, whimpered they,
For many and more than many are we,
But now we beg you here today,
Please do not send us all away.
Now many swine on grass were fed
Close by there on a green hillside,
And the devils wanted to come
Among these pigs and enter them,
So Jesus sent the devils on,
And all the pigs began to run
Down the hill and into the sea,
Where two thousand of them did die.
The owners of the pigs ran off;
And crowds of people came to scoff:
They saw the man who’d been possessed
At Jesus’ feet, taking his rest.
The Gerasenes would threaten him,
So back into his boat he came,
But when the madman climbed aboard
Jesus restrained him with this word:
Go forth and tell them, one and all,
The Lord has mercy on your soul,
When they’d sailed back across the lake
A great crowd came to hear him speak.
Jairus fell down at Jesus’ feet,
And he called out to Jesus’ spirit:
My daughter is about to die,
Please holy Jesus come and see,
Please lay your hands upon her head,
And help her rise up from her bed.
As Jesus followed Jairus home
Behind him there a woman came;
For twelve years this woman had bled,
On physic spent all that she had.
But when she touched his garment’s hem
Just then did her blood cease to come,
But Jesus felt his spirit ebb
When the woman tugged at his robe,
Who touched me? she heard his voice call,
And then she felt his force of will;
In fear and trembling down she fell,
And the whole truth, she told him all.
He said, Your faith has helped you heal,
Go now in peace, you are made well.
To Jairus, all the people said,
Too late, your daughter now is dead.
But Jesus said, Fear not, believe,
And on they went her life to save.
Jesus said, Do not cry and weep,
She is not dead, she is asleep.
He took her by the hand and said,
Rise up now even from the dead.
And so she stood upon her feet,
And they gave her some bread to eat.
