This is a Holy Thursday text by Frederick Pratt Green set to O WALY WALY.
I previously blogged this in 2012 from my tattered collection of loose miscellaneous songs used at my then parish.
This is another song where John de Luca provided his own arrangement. I note variation on lengths of notes between arrangements, which is the bain of traditional songs.
This is a good excuse to have another go at a backing:
1 An Upper Room did our Lord prepare
For those he loved until the end:
And his disciples still gather there
To celebrate their Risen Friend.2 A lasting gift Jesus gave his own:
To share his bread, his loving cup.
Whatever burdens may bow us down,
He by his Cross shall lift us up.3 And after Supper he washed their feet,
For service, too, is sacrament.
In him our joy shall be made complete —
Sent out to serve, as he was sent.4 No end there is! We depart in peace.
He loves beyond the uttermost:
In every room in our Father’s house
He will be there, as Lord and Host.