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#71 MARY'S WANDERING

by Peter Kearney

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NOTES FROM PETER
This is a from my ‘Easter Carols’ CD. Of the thirteen tracks on the CD, seven are traditional songs - favourites of mine for many years since I learned and adapted them from the Oxford Book of Carols. Other tracks include four songs by Sydney Carter.

The whole 'Easter Carols' CD was intended to be simple and reflective - mostly just my voice and guitar with some backing vocals by a trio of female singers.

If you'd like to purchase the cd, a link to my online store is provided below.
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MARY’S WANDERING
Once Mary did go a’wandering
Through all the lands did run
That she might find her son.
That she might find her son.

Whom met she as she journeyed forth?
Saint Peter, that good man,
Who sadly did her scan.
Who sadly did her scan.

Mary:
“Oh tell me have you seen him yet
The one I love the most?
The son whom I have lost.
The son whom I have lost“.

Peter:
“Too well, too well I’ve seen thy son -
‘Twas was by Palace Gate.
Most grievous was his state.
Most grievous was his state“.

Mary:
“Oh say, what wore he on his head?”

Peter:
“A crown of thorns he wore.
A cross he also bore.
A cross he also bore.
Ah me and he must bear that cross
Till he’s brought to the hill
For cruel men to kill.
For cruel men to kill.”

Once Mary did go a’wandering
Through all the lands did run
That she might find her son.
That she might find her son.

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Words and music traditional.
Adapted and arranged by Peter Kearney.

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released March 30, 2021
RELATED RESOURCES:
The 'Easter Carols' CD can be ordered through Peter's online store.
Link: peterkearneysongs.com.au/product/356144

There is no music book for this collection. Full lyrics are provided to the purchaser as a digital file.

THE RECORDING:
Peter's performance of this song was recorded in the Riverview Studio, Carlow, Ireland.

The guitar played by Peter throughout the 'Easter Carols' CD was hand-made for him in 2007 by the Scottish luthier Bill Kelday.

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Peter Kearney Mittagong, Australia

Peter Kearney is an Australian songwriter and singer. His early folk-hymns 'Fill My House' & 'The Beatitudes' are internationally known. He has written many other songs of justice and peace, songs for children, and a musical-narrative on St. Francis of Assisi. His published recordings include 153 original songs.

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