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To: alt.religion.orisha,alt.magick.tyagi From: catherine yronwodeSubject: Lazarus #1 and Lazarus #2 (was: Re: African Astrology Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 01:12:53 GMT Sfrthomas wrote: > > I am not much up on the syncretizations coming out of the Santeria > tradition either. However, San Lazaro brings to mind Lazarus, who is > most famous for having risen from... the dead! Just a quick note -- there are two ENTIRELY DIFFERENT men named Lazarus in the Bible (both in the New Testament). One was Lazarus the brother of the sisters Mary Martha (a.k.a. Martha the Dominator) who are best known among African-Americans for their mention in the gospel song "Mary Don't You Weep (Tell Martha Not to Mourn)." You see, the two sisters were mourning and weeping because their brother Lazarus died, but Jesus raised him from the dead. He is not a Saint. San Lazaro, the Saint shown dressed as a crippled beggar, half-naked in rags, walking with crutches, accompanied by dogs, who is associated with the Orisha Babaluaye is more properly known as Lazarus of Dives (Dives was the name of a town) and he was NOT raised from the dead by Jesus. Rather, Jesus related a story about Lazarus of Dives, and compared his fate with that of a an unnamed "rich man" who refused to help the poor, crippled, sick Lazarus when he lay outside the rich man's house begging for help. As Jesus told it, both men died on the same night and Laazarus went to rest "in the bosom of Abraham" while the rich man was sent to a lake of fire, where he cried for water only to be told that he could only get water if the beggar Lazarus offered it to him. This story has also given rise to a famous gospel song, "A Tramp in the Street" Only a tramp was Lazarus by fate He who lay down at the rich man's gate He begged for some bread from the rich man to eat But they left him to die like a tramp in the street He was somebody's darling, he was some mother's son One he was fair and once he was young Some mother she rocked him, her little darling, to sleep' But they left him to die like a tramp in the street Jesus who died on Calvary's tree Shed his life's blood for you and for me With nails in his hands and nails in his feet And they left him to die like a tramp in the street But he was Mary's own darling, he was God's only son One he was fair and once he was young And Mary, she rocked him, her little darling, to sleep But they left him to die like a tramp in the street Okay, that "tramp in the street" Lazarus is Babaluaye -- now, since i know you all just desperately want to know the song about the OTHER Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha who was raised from the dead, here are the lyrics, as recorded by the Swan Silvertones gospel quartette -- but note that Lazarus is never mentioned by name -- instead, Moses's triumph over Pharaoh's Army is inserted into the song. The song is call-and-response style; the lead lines are sung by the tenor, the indented lines are sung by the trio. Mary Dont You Weep by the Swan Silvertones Oh, I’m singing, Mary Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Martha don’t have to moan Oh, Martha, don’t you moan Listen to me, Mary Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Martha don’t have to moan Oh, Martha, don’t you moan Pharaoh’s army Oh, Mary, don’t you weep They got drowned in the sea one day Down in the Red Sea But Jesus said, Mary Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Your little old sister don’t have to moan no more Oh, Martha, don’t you moan Now can I get a witness, he said, Mary, Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Martha, don’t have to moan Oh, Martha, don’t you moan There may be somebody sick today Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Or somebody here ain’t got no home Oh, Martha, don’t you moan Listen, Pharaoh’s army Oh, Mary, don’t you weep They got drowned in the sea one day Down in the Red Sea But I believe a Man said, Mary Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Your little old sister don’t have to moan no more Oh, Martha, don’t you moan Now, listen, if I could right now If…I could (start clapping here) I want to tell you that I surely would right now Surely would Put my foot on the rock, children Stand on the rock Stand on the rock where Moses stood one day Moses stood Because Pharaoh’s army Oh, Mary, don’t you weep That’s what the Bible said, got drowned in the sea one day Down in the Red Sea But I believe the man said, Mary Oh, Mary, don’t you weep He said, May-ree Oh, Mary, don’t you weep He said, May-ree Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Trouble in the land will be over after a while Oh, Mary, don’t you weep You won’t have to give up right for wrong no more Oh, Mary, don’t you weep And Mary could have been a little hard to hear Oh, Mary, don’t you weep And I believe Jesus said, I better call a little bit louder Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Aaaaaah, Mary Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Wish I had somebody to help me call Mary Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Yeeees, Mary Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Yeah, yeah, yeah, Mary Oh, Mary, don’t you weep I’ll be your bridge over deep water if you trust in My name Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Oh, I’ll be your rock in a weary land Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Mmmmmmmm, Mary Oh, Mary, don’t you weep I don’t believe that she heard you, you better call her again Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Yeah yeah yeah yeah Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Yeah-eah, Lord Oh, Mary, don’t you weep Tell Martha don’t have to moan no more Oh, Martha, don’t you moan Cordially, cat (a veritable fount of semi-obscure lyrics) yronwode Hoodoo and Blues Lyrics --------- http://www.luckymojo.com/blues.html No personal e-mail, please; just catch me in usenet; i read it daily. 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