All Around

Love
Love
Love
Love

The Gospel in a word
Mentioned four times
In the song
To start
And then five more

And as it’s a round
The times are echoed
So the word
Is heard
Eighteen times
And eighteen more
Each repetition

Might be an important word
This
Love
Meaningful enough
To sing

Sometimes
I imagine
The notes and lyrics
Go inside

Maybe the music
Makes us think
As well
Even sends some to exegete
The texts
That give the rationale

For Gospel
And for song

C L Couch


the Love Round is a song anonymously composed, arranged by Betty Pulkingham; the words often changed because the word “brother” is in it, singly, i.e., without “sister”

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