1.

I DANCED in the morning when the world was begun,

and I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun

and I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth,

at Bethlehem I had my birth.

2.

I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee,

but they would not dance and they wouldn't follow me.

I danced for the fishermen, for James and John,

they came with me and the Dance went on:

3.

I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame;

The holy people said it was a shame.

They whipped and they stripped and they hung me on high,

and they left me there on a Cross to die:

4.

They cut me down and I leapt up high,

I am the life that'll never, never die,

I'll live in you if you'll live in me:

I am the Lord of the Dance, said he: