Tuesday, July 19, 2022

The Woodcutter’s Song

Andrew Sokol

The Woodcutter's Song, sung by Andrew Sokol, tenor. Accompanied by Jennifer McPherson. Technical production by Olin Johannessen. The sixth movement of Pilgrim's Progress, a song cycle by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958).

LYRICS:

He that is down needs fear no fall,

He that is low, no pride;

He that is humble, ever shall

Have God to be his Guide.

I am content with what I have,

Little be it or much;

And, Lord, contentment still I crave,

Because Thou savest such.

Fullness to such a burden is,

That go on pilgrimage;

Here little, and hereafter bliss,

Is best from age to age.