III. King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
(A Poem Game.)
"And when the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, …
she came to prove him with hard questions."
<The men's leader rises as he sees the Queen unveiling
and approaching a position that gives her half of the stage.>
Men's Leader: The Queen of Sheba came to see King Solomon.
<He bows three times.>
I was King Solomon,
I was King Solomon,
I was King Solomon.
<She bows three times.>
Women's Leader: I was the Queen,
I was the Queen,
I was the Queen.
Both Leaders: We will be king and queen,
<They stand together stretching their hands over the land.>
Reigning on mountains green,
Happy and free
For ten thousand years.
<They stagger forward as though carrying a yoke together.>
Both Leaders: King Solomon he had four hundred oxen.
Congregation: We were the oxen.
<Here King and Queen pause at the footlights.>
Both Leaders: You shall feel goads no more.
<They walk backward, throwing off the yoke and rejoicing.>
Walk dreadful roads no more,
Free from your loads
For ten thousand years.