We sang a hymn this morning titled "Two Were Bound for Emmaus" this morning. The text and music are copyright Bob Hurd, 2001, published by OCP.

But the melody sounds very familiar, and I'm wondering if anybody can tell what song it's derived from. Hurd bases a number of his compositions on folk melodies. This one sounds a bit like "Lovely Agnes" by Sally Rogers, and I think Sydney Carter may have written a hymn with a similar melody (but I can't remember which one). Hurd called the melody KENMARE.

Here are the lyrics:

TWO WERE BOUND FOR EMMAUS
(Bob Hurd)

1, 5. Two were bound for Emmaus, disheartened and lost;
all their hope for the future had been nailed to a cross.
Love unknown then walked beside them,
come back from the dead,
and they knew he was risen in the breaking of bread.

2. On the Sea of Tiberius, when the night was nearly gone
and their toil seemed so useless, not one fish had they caught,
from the shore the stranger called to them:
"Cast your net, friends, once more."
And they filled it to bursting, but the net was not torn.

3. Then they knew it was Jesus and they hastened in to shore;
bread and fish for their breakfast from the hands of their Lord.
"O Peter, if you love me you must care for my sheep;
if you follow your Shepherd, then a shepherd you'll be."

4. When the road makes us weary, when our labor seems but loss,
when the fire of faith weakens and too high seems the cost,
let the Church turn to its risen Lord,
who for us bore the cross,
and we'll find our hearts burning at the sound of his voice.

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