I COME LIKE A BEGGAR

(by Sydney Carter)


I come like a beggar
  with a gift in my hand,
I come like a beggar
  with a gift in my hand.

	By the hungry I will feed you,
	By the poor I make you rich,
	By the broken I will mend you,
	Tell me, which one is which?

I come like a prisoner
  to bring you a key,
I come like a prisoner
  to bring you a key.

	By the hungry ...

The need of another
  is the gift that I bring,
The need of another
  is the gift that I bring.

	By the hungry ...

Take the wine that I bring you
  and the bread that I break,
Take the wine that I bring you
  and the bread that I break.

	By the hungry ...



recording: Sydney Carter, Peter Knight (violin), Vince Cross (synthesizer) (1981) [YouTube]

recording: Peter and Mary Alice Amidon (1999) [YouTube]