Full Lyrics
VERSE 1
We place upon your table
a gleaming cloth of white,
The weaving of our stories,
the fabric of our lives,
the dreams of those before us,
the ancient hopeful cries,
the promise of our future,
our needing and our nurture
lies here before our eyes.
CHORUS
We come to your feast
We come to your feast
The young and the old, the frightened, the bold, the greatest and the least
We come to your feast
We come to your feast
With the fruits of our land and the works of our hand, we come to your feast.
VERSE 2
We place upon your table
A humble loaf of bread
The gift of field and hillside
The grain by which we're fed
We come to taste the presence
Of him on whom we feed
To strengthen and connect us
To challenge and correct us
To love in word and deed.
VERSE 3
We place upon your table
A simple cup of wine
The fruit of human labour
The gift of sun and vine
We come to taste the presence
Of him we claim as Lord
His dying and his living
His leading and his giving
His love in cup outpoured
VERSE 4
We place upon your table
The fruit from off our trees
Their sweet and juicy flavour
Their fragrance, quick to please
We see in all our plenty
The signs of being blessed
Our harvest is abundant
And nothing is redundant
Our joy is now complete.
VERSE 5
We place upon your table
Our calabash of wine
Tapped from our finest palm trees
On which your sun did shine
With it we bring our kola
With it we bring ourselves
Our spirits are uplifted
With love we have been gifted
We've found a new rebirth.
VERSE 6
We gather round your table
We pause within our quest
We stand beside our neighbour
We name the stranger "guest"
The feast is spread before us
You bid us come and dine
In blessing, we'll uncover
In sharing, we'll discover
Your substance and your sign.
CODA
We come to your feast
We come to your feast
the young and the old, the frightened, the bold, the greatest and the least
We come to your feast
We come to your feast
With the fruit of our land and the work of our hand, we come to your feast.
