Bethlehemian Rhapsody 1994
With the Israelites, First Samuel 17
Saul and his men cried, “No escape from the Philistines”
Up came Goliath; a hundred feet high, it seemed
Goliath:  “I’ll end this war, boys.  Send one to fight with me
‘Cause it’s an easy way we can tell -- I defy Israel
Anyone you wish, boys, doesn’t really matter to me."
Narrator:  Goliath was quite a man.  There were none who could compare
No one bigger anywhere
Goliath was a champion ... and everyone who saw him was afraid
No-one — ooh stood a chance against the guy
If he came back again this time tomorrow -- 41, 41 days that he’s come up for battle
Little Dave, said, “I’m the one.  Just a shepherd with a sling, but I’ll step into the ring."
“Good try, little buddy,” King Saul replied
“But we need someone real big to face this brute.”
“C’mon, ooooh” (David said to King Saul) “I ain’t gonna die
“This uncircumcised Philistine’s gonna fall.”
Goliath:  I see a little bitty shepherd — not a man. Are you fools?  Are you fools?
You’re just fueling my anger! Am I just a dog, you come at me with rocks and sticks?
David:  Gol-la-liath! Gol-la-liath! Gol-la-liath! Here with go
With sticks and stooooooones! I trust the Lord but nobody trusts me
Crowd:  He’s trusts the Lord, but spends his time tending sheep
Facing a giant with a stone and a sling
David:  Evil man, you must go! God will strike you down
Goliath:  He will not, no. He will not strike me down
David:  Yes, He will
Goliath:  He will not — will not strike me down
David:  Yes, He will, etc. etc
Goliath:  Come-a-here, come-a-here ! Come-a-here, little boy
I’ll give your flesh to the birds of the sky to eat, to eat, to eat
David:  So you think you can mock the invisible God?
So you think you’re just fighting a sling and a shot
Oh, baby, you ain’t just fighting David
You’re fighting God, and He’ll knock you right out of here
Doesn’t really matter ... what your size might be
God will fight my battles -- God will win my battles for me
Voice of Experience:  David will be king soon