Hard times, hard times in Canaan land   Trouble in the mind of a man   A voice came whispering softly to him   Go offer, offer up the lamb      Abraham took his only son   High up on a hill   His test of faith had finally come   As the wind, the wind begin to chill      Cold steel, cold steel in the father's hand   Tears falling from the sky   The angels, the angels did not understand   Why the righteous, the righteous boy should die      Abraham most mysteriously   Laid down that deadly knife   Said, "My darlin' son, I wish I was the one   Who spared you, spared your precious life"      Oh Isaac, the light of all your days   Will shine upon this mountain high   And never, never fade away   And never fade away