The Wicked Messenger-Thea Gilmore

[00:01.05]music [00:08.04]There was a wicked messenger [00:10.03]From Eli he did come [00:13.51]With a mind that multiplied the smallest matter [00:20.79]When questioned who had sent for him [00:22.64]He answered with his thumb [00:26.17]For his tongue it could not speak, but only flatter [00:30.36]music [00:46.44]He stayed behind the assembly hall [00:53.50]It was there he made his bed [00:53.88]Oftentimes he could be seen returning [00:57.87]Until one day he just appeared [01:00.49]With a note in his hand which read [01:04.48]“The soles of my feet, I swear they’re burning” [01:09.40]music [01:22.85]Oh, the leaves began to fallin’ [01:26.71]And the seas began to part [01:30.14]And the people that confronted him were many [01:36.03]And he was told but these few words [01:38.44]Which opened up his heart [01:43.11]“If ye cannot bring good news, then don’t bring any” [01:45.87]music