Hi, Jawbone - I don't think it's the one you want, but there's one I recall that goes like this:

There was a man from Jericho called Zaccheus
There was a man from Jericho called Zaccheus
Now Zaccheus, he was small; and the Lord, he was tall
But the Lord loved Zaccheus better than them all.

I think it was written in the 1960's by Sister Miriam Therese Winter of the Medical Mission Sisters. She has accomplished some remarkable things in recent years, much to the chagrin of some of the "boys" in Rome. One or two of her songs are in the Rise Up Singing songbook, but I couldn't find "Zaccheus" anywhere by in the dark recesses of my memory.


-Joe Offer-

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Well, I did find it. It's unattributed in this source, but I think it's by Sister Miriam Therese Winter. It's on the Medical Mission Sisters 1967 LP, Joy Is Like the Rain, and I believe all the songs were written by Sister Miriam Therese Winter. Looks like I may have remembered the chorus wrong.

ZACCHEUS

Chorus
There was a man in Jericho called Zaccheus.
There was a man in Jericho called Zaccheus.
Now the Hebrews, they were tall, but Zaccheus, he was small,
Yet the Lord loved Zaccheus, better than them all.

1. The Lord went walking one day through Jericho town,
And the people began to gather from miles around.
But Zaccheus, he couldn't see, so he climbed a Sycamore tree,
And the Lord looked up and said, "Zaccheus, come down."

2. The Lord said, "Zaccheus, I am dining with you today.
Zaccheus, I come to your house, come lead the way."
Then, Zaccheus, he gave a cheer, but the people began to sneer,
"This man is a sinner, does the Lord seek lodging here?"

3. Now Zaccheus was small of stature, but he could show,
That a man who is stout of heart can grow and grow.
"If I have cheated young and old, I restore the goods fourfold."
And salvation came that day to his whole household.