FERE is an old english word that means MATE or COMPANION
Ha' we lost the Goodliest Fere o'all
For the priests and the gallows tree?
Aye lover he was of brawny men
O' ships and the open sea.
When they came wi' a host to take our man
His smile was good to see,
"First let these go," quo our Goodly Fere,
"Or I'll see ye damned," says he.
Aye he sent us through the crossed high spears
And the scorn of his laugh rang free,
"Why took ye not when I walked about
Alone in the town?" says he.
Oh we drunk his "Hale" in the good red wine
When we last made company,
No capon priests was the Goodly Fere
But a man o' men was he.
I ha' seen him drive a hundred men
Wi' a bundle o' cords swung free,
That they took the high and holy house
For their pawn and treasury...
I ha' seen him cow a thousand men
On the hills o' Galilee,
They whined as he walked out calm between,
Wi' his eyes like the grey o' the sea.
Like the sea that brooks no voyaging
With the winds unleashed and free,
Like the sea that he cowed at Genseret
Wi' twey words spoke' suddenly.
A master of men was the Goodly Fere,
A mate of the wind and sea,
If they think they ha' slain our Goodly Fere
They are fools eternally.
JESUS IS NO CAPON PRIESTS, NO PALE FACE ALTAR BOY WITH HIS HAIR PARTED IN THE MIDDLE, SPEAKING SOFTLY, AVOIDING CONFRONTATION, WHO AT LAST GETS HIMSELF KILLED BECAUSE HE HAS NO WAY OUT. HE WORKS WITH WOOD, COMMANDS THE LOYALTY OF DOCKWORKERS. HE IS THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE CAPTAIN OF ANGEL ARMIES. AND WHEN CHRIST RETURNS, HE IS AT THE HEAD OF A DREADFUL COMPANY, MOUNTED ON A WHITE HORSE, WITH A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD, HIS ROBE DRIPPED IN BLOOD, AND LORD OF LORDS AND KING OF KINGS TATTOOED ON HIS LEGS. GOD IS FIERCE.
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