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I saw a duo in Jamaica named Sons of Thunder who conveyed in gorgeous harmony their devotion to Jah. Irreligious myself, I wrote my remembrance of them from the point of view of an agnostic Rastafarian. The song started life with a reggae beat, but that's not really my idiom, and it soon lapsed to the 4/4 rhythm it has now.

Til the Lion Come

Some say Judah's lion died a man
Some say Judah's lion come again
I don't know; that may be so
But I'm gonna love you
til the lion come
til the lion come

Some call Ras Tafari Solomon
Some call Ras Tafari Chosen One
I don't know; that may be so
But I'm gonna love you
til the lion come
til the lion come
til the lion come

Some say pray to wash your sins away
Some say praying won't stop Judgment Day
I don't know; that may be so

Copyright 2001 Bruce C. Kula