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When Jesu our Redeemer
To him the twelve did call,
By threes and fours he called them,
Till they were mustered all.
And when they all were mustered,
’Twas thus to them he spake:
“O which of ye, my children,
Will perish for my sake?”
Then, gazing on each other,
They stood abashed and still;
All save Saint John the Baptist,
And Peter of the Hill.
“We’ll die for thee, O Jesus,
Upon to-morrow’s morn.”
For him died John the Baptist,
And suffered pain and scorn.