Like All Things Pure and Precious ...... Like Holy Bread and Grapevine
I Love the Radiant Rachel ...... Who Died for Palestine.
Once through a green field drifting ...... In the doldrums of the day
Watching ravens peck out lambs’ eyes ... In their cruel, gloating way:
I remembered, I remembered, ...... How those raptors vulturine
Seized the land and plagued the people ...... Of historic Palestine.
How the snipers on the rooftops, ...... Armed with Uzis, standing tall,
Splash the blood of little children ...... On the weeping classroom walls.
How the settlers spit on Christians ...... In the land where Jesus died—
And how those who do the spitting ...... Have the world upon their side
How they bulldoze people’s houses ... ...Till the roofs crash on their heads
And the women lie all broken .... ...With their babies in their beds.
How the wolfish killers wander ....... Through a vale of endless tears
Shooting children in their faces ....... While the world stands by and cheers.
How the Bright-Eyed Rachel "Corries" ...... Lie in cemeteries dead
While the birds of prey grow fatter ...... And the world just turns its head
Christ, come back and save these children ...... Put an end to all their pain!
Put an end to evil Zion! ...... Palestine, come back again
