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Thread #98018   Message #1935923
Posted By: Joe Offer
14-Jan-07 - 12:59 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: He Turns the Water into Wine (Franke)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: He Turns the Water Into Wine (Franke)
Gee, Bob & Jennifer, I thought I had all his recordings, but this discography doesn't list it on any of his CD's.
BUT Folkindex came through - the song is on the Somber, Sacred, & Silly CD by Helen Bonchek Schneyer (1992):

He Turns the Water Into Wine
Robert J. Franke (Telephone Pole Music, BMI, 1981)

The father of the bride was getting nervous long ago.
His worried steward's job was on the line,
But Mary had a son who saved the evening even so,
He turned the water into wine.

Chorus:
He turned the water into wine, the wine of love.
We are the branches, he the vine.
And as we grow our tears transform, become the wine of love.
He turned the water into wine.

As children go to parents, some things ever are the same,
The faithful presence of the love divine,
For wherever two or three or more are gathered in His name,
He turns the water into wine.

So pilgrim, if you're thirsty, think upon the Father's love,
Remember Jesus' presence by this sign:
A rain of fiery hope and joy descending like a dove,
He turns the water into wine.


We have the same reading tomorrow in our Roman Catholic parish, John 2: 1-11.

...a little late to be preparing music for Sunday morning, isn't it???

-Joe Offer, who didn't show up at choir practice and isn't prepared at all-