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<h2>AND DID THOSE FEET IN ANCIENT TIME</h2>
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<h2>(Jerusalem)</h2>
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<h3>“The mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.” 2 Kings 6:17</h3>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_b_l_blake_w.jpg" alt="William Blake (1757-1827)" width="120" height="174"></td>
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<td><em>Words:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_b_l_blake_w.html" target="_blank">William Blake</a>, circa 1804 (some sources attribute the first two lines to <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_m_i_milton_j.html" target="_blank">John Milton</a>).
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<p><em>Music:</em> “Jerusalem,” <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_p_a_parry_chh.html" target="_blank">Charles Hubert Hastings Parry</a>, 1916 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_j_jerusalm.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_p_a_parry_chh.jpg" alt="Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)" width="131.333333333333" height="176.666666666667"></td>
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<p>The theme is uniquely English, and there is an undertone of 19th Century politics. The lyrics may refer to folklore that says Jesus visited Britain as a teenager with Joseph of Arimathea, who was said to be a distant relative and had a stake in Cornish tin mines. However, there is no historical data supporting this story.</p>
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<p>In any case, this work is of general interest because of its appearance in the 1981 Academy Award winning movie <em>Chariots of Fire</em>. Due to the music’s complexity, it is better suited for a choir than congregational singing.</p>
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<p>And did those feet in ancient time<br>
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Walk upon England’s mountains green?<br>
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And was the Holy Lamb of God<br>
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On England’s pleasant pastures seen?<br>
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And did the countenance divine<br>
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Shine forth upon our clouded hills?<br>
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And was Jerusalem builded here<br>
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Among these dark satanic mills?</p>
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<p>Bring me my bow of burning gold!<br>
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Bring me my arrows of desire!<br>
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Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!<br>
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Bring me my chariots of fire!<br>
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I will not cease from mental fight,<br>
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Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,<br>
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Till we have built Jerusalem<br>
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In England’s green and pleasant land.</p>
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