Could you share the lyrics you found?
are you sure it was not Laurie Lewis??
from a posem by M.B. Welch, which was
sent to Laurie by Howard Olivier
she recorded it wht Kathy Kallick on their
c.d. Together

THE TOUCH OF THE MASTER'S HAND
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It was battered and scarred,
and the auctioneer
Thought it scarcely worth his while,
To waste much time on the old violin,
But he held it up with a smile
"What am i bid good people," he said
"Who'll start the bidding for me,
a dollar, a dollar, who'll make it two,
two dollars, who'll make it three
ands it's 3 dollars once and 3 dollars twice
and goin' for three dollars more"
from the back of the room a grey haired man
came forward and picked up the bow
and dusted off that old fiddle and
tightening up on the strings,
he played a melody sure and sweet,
as sweet as the angels sing.

The music stopped, and the auctioineer,
in a voice that was soft and low,
He said "What am i bid for this violin,"
and he held it up with the bow,
"A thousand dollars, who'll make it two,
Two thousenad, who'll make it three,
And it's 3,000 once and it's 3,000 twice
and goin' and gone," said he.

The people cheered, but some of them said,
we don't quite understand,
What changed its worth and,
the man replied
"It was the touch of the master's hand."

There's many a man with his life out of tune
and battered and scarred with sin
His auction cheap to the godless friends(?)
much like that old violin
A mass of pottage, a glass of wine,
a game and he travels on.
and he's goin once, and he's goin' twice
he's goin' and almost gone
and the the master comes
and the foolish crowd
can never quite understand
the worth of a soul and the change that is wrought
by the touch of the master's hand..
The worth of a soul and the change that is wrought
by the touch of the master's hand..