JUDAS AND MARY
(Sydney Carter)

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.”

“Oh, Mary, O Mary, O think of the poor,
The 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.”

“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 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,
“You’ll know you have given to me.”

“My body will hang on the cross of the world
Tomorrow,” he said, “not today”.
And Martha and Mary will find me again
And wash all my sorrow away, “ he said,
“And wash all my sorrow away.”