Jacob's Well

Tune title: Jacob's Well
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Music by James Leach of Wardle, Lancashire, (1762-1798).
Words attributed to Hugh Bourne, founder of Primitive Methodists (before 1800).

Verse 1. At Jacob's well a stranger sought,
His drooping frame to cheer,
Samaria's daughter little thought,
That Jacob's God was near. Verse 2. This had she known, her fainting mind,
For richer draughts had sigh'd,
Nor had Messiah, ever kind,
Those richer draughts denied.

Verse 3. The ancient well (no glass so true)
Britannia's image shows,
Now Jesus travels Britain through,
But who the Stranger knows? Verse 4. Yet Britain must the Stranger know,
Or soon her loss deplore,
Behold the living waters flow!
Come, drink, and thirst no more.

Verse 1.	At Jacob's well a stranger sought, His drooping frame to cheer, Samaria's daughter little thought, That Jacob's God was near.	Verse 2.	This had she known, her fainting mind, For richer draughts had sigh'd, Nor had Messiah, ever kind, Those richer draughts denied.

Verse 3.	The ancient well (no glass so true) Britannia's image shows, Now Jesus travels Britain through, But who the Stranger knows?	Verse 4.	Yet Britain must the Stranger know, Or soon her loss deplore, Behold the living waters flow! Come, drink, and thirst no more.