Comments on: Judas and Mary

By: Brittanny

Brittanny — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:22:48 +0000

Just remembered this hymn and couldn’t remember all the words. Thanks to Google and you all for reminding me! I still love this song!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:07:54 +0000

[ed-comment was on the wrong post so I moved it here where it belongs]

By: phebe crismo

phebe crismo — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:37 +0000

this is how we sang it 33 years ago in youth group:

said judas to mary, now what will you do with your ointment so rich and so rare? I’ll pour it all over the feet of the Lord and i’ll wipe it away with my hair, she said, i’ll wipe it away with my hair.

said judas to mary, “oh mary, oh mary, think of the poor, this ointment it could have been sold and think of the blankets and think of the bread you could buy with the silver and gold, he said. “you could buy with the silver and gold.”

said mary to judas, “tomorrow, tomorrow, i’ll think of the poor. tomorrow, she said, not today. for dearer than all of the poor in the world is my Lord who is going away, she said, my Lord who is going away.

said jesus to mary, “your love is so great, today you may do as you will. Tomorrow you say, “I am going away” but my body i leave with you still, he said, my body i leave with you still.

the poor of the world are my body, he said, to the end of the world they shall be. the bread and the blankets you give to the poor you will find you have given to me, he said, you will find you have given to me.

yeah, funny, how the words came back when i saw your something, something… ;>)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:52:22 +0000

By the way – the other hymn sheet monitor was Mark (see – http://www.raggedclown.com/2009/06/09/reunions-ftw/). He claims that he and Ian Turner were the Fastest Hymn Sheet Monitors in the West – but it is not true.

By: Helen Walsha

Helen Walsha — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:50:44 +0000

Hi Kevin, Helen again. Oh my God, this is getting seriously bizarre ! ‘Said Judas to Mary’ is also my all-time favourite hymn but no-one else I’ve ever mentioned has ever known what I’m talking about ! Bit of a worry as I’d like it at my funeral…! We always sung a couple of hymns every day at my primary school and I was overjoyed when it was this one. I always felt that the other children liked the ‘happy’ hymns whereas I took delight in the more melancholy side of things. My mum thought I was a bit weird as she didn’t like the imagery in the hymn. I would get a serious lump in my throat especially in the last two verses. It’s just such a beautiful theme and melody, perfect. It’s late in the night and I’m a bit tired but this has freaked me out slightly ! Don’t know if your school also sang ‘Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence – another jaunty little number with a dark medieval tone ? Signing off, Helen from Bizarresville, London E14.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:52:50 +0000

I get flashes of memory from my childhood where I am *right there* like it happened just now. I hope they never stop.

By: Cheryl Everitt

Cheryl Everitt — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:07:22 +0000

I woke up at 4 am with a snippet of music in my head and I had to get up to do a Google search because it was driving me quietly insane.
All I could remember was ‘ointment so rich and so rare’ ..and …’I'll wipe it away with my hair, she said’..
It was such a great hymn for children – all mellow and slightly mediaevil sounding-in the midst of all the tedious tunes we had to teach back in the seventies; and there I came upon you who was in the same predicament 9 months ago.I went on to see if I could track down the words and when I did I came back to send them to you, only to find that someone else had already done so. Brilliant. I wonder if he was up at 4 am with that haunting tune driving him to distraction too.
Anyway, thank you for being the route to my sanity.
I shall suggest that the young jazz musician at my school teaches it to this generation of children to keep it alive.
What brings back these ancient memories out of the blue I wonder?
Cheryl

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:42:38 +0000

Thank you, David! You are my hero!

I got in touch with a friend yesterday who operated the other hymn sheet all those years ago and he couldn’t remember the song at all!

By: David

David — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:42:10 +0000

Judas and Mary

Said Judas to Mary, ‘Now what will you do
With your ointment so rich and so rare?’
‘I’ll pour it all over the feet of the Lord
And I’ll wipe it away with my hair,’ she said,
‘Wipe it away with my hair.’

‘Oh Mary, oh Mary, oh think of the poor
This ointment, it could have been sold,
And think of the blankets and think of the bread
You could buy with the silver and gold.’ he said,
‘Buy with the silver and gold.’

‘Tomorrow, tomorrow I’ll think of the poor
Tomorrow,’ she said, ‘not today;
For dearer than all of the poor in the world
Is my love who is going away,’ she said,
My love who is going away.’

Said Jesus to Mary, ‘Your love is so deep
Today you may do as you will.
Tomorrow you say I am going away,
But my body I leave with you still,’ he said,
‘My body I leave with you still.’

‘The poor of the world are my body,’ he said,
‘To the end of the world they shall be.
The bread and the blankets you give to the poor
You’ll know you have given to me,’ he said,
‘Know you have given to me.’

‘My body will hang on the cross of the world
‘Tomorrow,’ he said, ‘and today,
And Martha and Mary will find me again
And wash all the sorrow away,’ he said,
‘Wash all the sorrow away.’