Isaac & Abraham Lyrics - Joan Baez

Hard times, hard times in Canaan land 

Trouble in the mind of a man 

A voice came whispering softly to him 

Go offer, offer up the lamb 

Abraham took his only son 

High up on a hill 

His test of faith had finally come 

As the wind, the wind begin to chill 

Cold steel, cold steel in the father's hand 

Tears falling from the sky 

The angels, the angels did not understand 

Why the righteous, the righteous boy should die 

Abraham most mysteriously 

Laid down that deadly knife 

Said, "My darlin' son, I wish I was the one 

Who spared you, spared your precious life" 

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Oh Isaac, the light of all your days 

Will shine upon this mountain high 

And never, never fade away 

And never fade away 

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