l. `I will never forget you, my people
you are graven on the palm of my hand.
I have brought you from ev'ry nation,
ev'ry tribe, for to dwell in this land.
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`No, I'll never forget you,
no, I'll never forsake you,
no, I'll never forget my own!
No, I'll never forget you,
no, I'll never forsake you,
no, I'll never forget my own.'
2. `Does a mother forget her baby
or a woman a child in her womb?
Yet even if she should forget,
I will never forget my own.'
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3. `For many a year I have heard you
as you cried in despair to me,
but now is the time I will answer:
I will come down to set you free.'
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4. 'The' your enemies rise up against you
and your haunted hearts are shaking for fear,
I only am planning a miracle
of deliv'rance to show I am here.'
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5. `O Israel, Israel, Israel,
still I'm calling in this century.
I want you to give me your whole heart,
I am waiting to wed you to me.'
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