by Leonard Feeney (1897 - 1978)
One of Us
Language: English
Husbands and wives! Are we not your little lives? Fathers and mothers! Who but we will be your others? Why do you fear us, freeze us Out of your heart? One of us was Jesus; He played our part, In His little manger, Smiling in His smallness, To protect us from the danger Of nothing-at-all-ness. One of us was God. Has this not been told abroad, To some by song, To some by star? Then when will we be known For what we are?
Authorship:
- by Leonard Feeney (1897 - 1978) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Theodore Ward Chanler (1902 - 1961), "One of Us", 1945, from The Children, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-10-31
Line count: 18
Word count: 84