THE SCAPEGOAT
Reading edition
See the scapegoat, happy beast, From every personal sin released, And in the desert hidden apart, Dancing with a careless heart. ‘Lightly weigh the sins of others.’ See him skip! ‘Am I my brother’s Keeper? O never, no, no, no! Lightly come and lightly go!’ In the town, from sin made free, Righteous men hold jubilee. In the desert all alone The scapegoat dances on and on.