“Come dance for us,� the rough men said;
“I can’t,� the child replied,
“I cannot for the dear Lord’s sake,
Who for my sins once died.�
Tho’ they were strong and he was weak,
He wouldn’t his Lord deny.
His life lay in their cruel hands,
But he for Christ could die.
Heard they aright? Did that brave child
Their mandates dare resist?