The Irish Rovers – Bushes Of Jerusalem (Guitar)

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Come listen gentle Christians, and you Jews and Gentiles too

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And all denominations, a song I sing to you

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It's all about a young man, a rebel through and through

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Down among the bushes of Jerusalem

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Jerusalem, Jerusalem, down among the bushes of Jerusalem

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Born of honest parents and below a shining star

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The word went 'round the country and they came from near and far

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The royal family worried he might undermine their power

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Down among the bushes of Jerusalem

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They slaughtered all the children, everyone that they could find

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Just that they be sure that they would kill the rebel child

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But somehow he deceived them, all the soldiers fierce and wild

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Down among the bushes of Jerusalem

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Jerusalem, Jerusalem, down among the bushes of Jerusalem

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He grew into a strapping lad, and helped around the home

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But voices they kept calling, and he was inclined to roam

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The losers and boozers, he would count among his own

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Down among the bushes of Jerusalem

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As far as I can see, you see, the Pharisee did say

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You know your Bible fairly well, you'll make a priest someday

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But you'd better tow the line, me boy or there'll be hell to pay

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Down among the bushes of Jerusalem

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Jerusalem, Jerusalem, down among the bushes of Jerusalem

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He met the Mary Magdalen, a lovely girl was she

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O look who's comin' now, they said, the girl of no degree

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I'd rather have her near to me, more than your hypocrisy

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Down among the bushes of Jerusalem

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He went into the churches, and he saw the shining gold

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And people there were starvin' of the hunger and the cold

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He talked about injustice, just be careful he was told

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Down among the bushes of Jerusalem

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Jerusalem, Jerusalem, down among the bushes of Jerusalem

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Now if you are a rebel, and no Judas, he did say

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Come burn the Roman empire down, we'll change the flag today

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It's the human heart I'm changing, this young rebel he did say

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Down among the bushes of Jerusalem

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We're taking him to Calvary, it's easier you see

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Than try and turn the other cheek, and love thine enemy

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We're loyal to our own crowd, to our scribes and pharisee

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Down among the bushes of Jerusalem

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Jerusalem, Jerusalem, down among the bushes of Jerusalem