Footprints In Africa
Footprints in Africa
Africa oh Africa you beautiful piece of earth
Gold, diamonds, minerals of immeasurable worth
Mountains and valleys, great rivers and trees
Blessed beyond measure, God must be pleased
Have you ever wondered where and how, it all began
How we all found favour, in this huge awesome land
To shepherds working night shift, a message clear
In a manger, baby Jesus was born, salvation was near
But black hearted Herod, wanted all boy babies dead
So Joseph, Mary and their precious baby, to Egypt fled
Cast back your mind and see, Lord Jesus, now a boy
Playing in the dusty streets of Egypt, running with joy
See him standing on a hill, gazing at the river Nile
Wonderment on his face and just a hint of a smile
Did he then know, that Calvary’s cross was pertinent?
That his life he would lay down, for this vast continent?
So rise up Africa, forever freed from bondage and toil
For baby Jesus planted his footprints, on African soil.
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