The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16982

16982. At Work Beside His Father's Bench

1. At work be­side His fa­ther’s bench,
At play when work was done;
In quiet Ga­li­lee He lived—
The Friend of ev­er­yone.

Refrain (vers­es 1–2)

Comrade of boys and girls like us,
Playmate so straight and true,
In all our work, in all our play,
Make us true com­rades, too.

2. And in the lit­tle flat-roofed home
He served with will­ing hand;
His mo­ther’s dai­ly bur­dens bore,
Her joys and plea­sures planned.

Refrain

3. And as He grew to be a man,
He wan­dered far and wide,
To be a friend to ev­ery­one
Throughout the coun­try­side.

Refrain (verses 3–5)

Comrade of men, so strong and true,
Help us strong friends to be;
Make us true com­rades one and all,
To oth­ers and to Thee.

4. Through hard­ships and through dan­gers, too,
Undaunted, tire­less, brave;
For trou­bled, sick and wea­ry friends
His dai­ly life He gave.

Refrain

5. And when He left His fait­hful friends
To do His work and will,
He pro­mised them He’d be, un­seen,
Their faith­ful com­rade still.

Refrain

Text Information

• First Line: At work beside His father's bench
• Title: At Work Beside His Father's Bench
• Author: Alice M. Pullen
• Refrain First Line: Comrade of boys and girls like us
• Meter: CMD
• Language: English
• Source: Ap­peared in the Jun­ior Church School Hym­nal, edit­ed by Cal­vin W. Lauf­er (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Christ­ian Edu­ca­tion, 1927), num­ber 79

Tune Information

• Name: KINGSFOLD
• Arranger: Lucy E. Broadwood
• Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Meter: CMD
• Key: e minor or modal
• Source: English tune
• Notes: Alternate Tune: FORTIS GREEN, English melody, arranged 1927