It was written by Irish Roman Catholic priest and singer-songwriter Liam
Lawton, and originally published in the Light the Fire collection, released in 1995
by Veritas Publications.
At the time of writing. Light the Fire (CD, people's edition and accompaniment edition) are available from Amazon UK/Ireland, Amazon.com, Veritas and SheetMusicPlus - and these are the only known sources of sheet music for it.
At the time of writing. Light the Fire (CD, people's edition and accompaniment edition) are available from Amazon UK/Ireland, Amazon.com, Veritas and SheetMusicPlus - and these are the only known sources of sheet music for it.
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Original recording:
Lyrics
The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:1 Gather from the East, gather from the West,
Gather from the highways too.
Gather from the North, gather from the South,
Gather when the night is noon.
Chorus:
And we’ll gather and we shall reap,
and no longer in sadness we’ll weep.
And we’ll gather, and we shall reap,
resting, rising, calling, guiding, O Lord.
2. Gather all the needy, gather all in pain
Gather all who cry in vain.
Gather all the thirsty, gather all the poor,
Gather all in Jesus’ name.
3. Gather all forgotten, gather all forlorn.
Gather all who weep and mourn.
Gather all the silent, gather all who sing,
Gather all the hearts reborn.
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