The Minstrel of the Lord by Buddy Greene

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The Minstrel of the Lord
by Buddy Greene

Once a young man heard the call of God
As he strummed his guitar and sang his song
And the joy of his salvation and the ideals of his youth
Made him long to be the minstrel of the Lord

So, he sang for love of God and he sang of Jubilee
Of debts being cancelled and prisoners set free
And whoever loved the truth would be arrested by the words
In the song of the minstrel of the Lord

Now the land had been forsaken by a universal curse
And an enemy was bent on changing good to bad to worse
As the young man saw the world he loved tormented by the wrong
He lamented and began to change his song

And he sang of human misery and all of sin's effects
From the pain of his conviction to the heart of God's elect
And whoever loved the truth now heard a warning in the words
of the song of the minstrel of the Lord

Now the minstrel, he was honest, he was smart and he was wise and
In his song could not help but tell the truth about the lies
Of the enemy, perpetuated on the dying world
It was the burden of the minstrel of the Lord

So he sang of resurrection and he sang of victory
Of love and life and triumph over all this misery
Oh, he sang for love of God, it was the first and final word
In the song of the minstrel of the Lord

And whoever will listen will hear of jubilee
Of debts being cancelled and prisoners set free
And whoever loves the truth will be arrested by the words
In the song of the minstrel of the Lord.