The Bridegroom

I heard a voice that called meTo attend a wedding feast,But only frowned andSaid I could not come.I had no cloak to wear,No shoes to dance in on my feet,I thought that I had better stay at home.

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The Bridegroom

Chorus:But, Oh, the music that I heardA-seeping through the Bridegroom’s door;The cymbal and the harp all join’d in praise.The smell of new wine like on earth there’s none,Fresh venison and more;But most of all I saw the Bridegroom’s face.2/12

The Bridegroom

Almost embarrassed, still I crept up to the Bridegroom’s door,And ventured just to take a look inside.But no one even glanced uponThe garment that I wore,Their eyes were fixed upon the groom and bride.

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The Bridegroom

Chorus:But, Oh, the music that I heardA-seeping through the Bridegroom’s door;The cymbal and the harp all join’d in praise.The smell of new wine like on earth there’s none,Fresh venison and more;But most of all I saw the Bridegroom’s face.4/12

The Bridegroom

So many things they told meOf a new and golden time,So beautiful that tears came to my eyes.But I refused to listen;I could work some other time.Then someone said, ‘Just try it on for size.’

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The Bridegroom

Chorus:But, Oh, the music that I heardA-seeping through the Bridegroom’s door;The cymbal and the harp all join’d in praise.The smell of new wine like on earth there’s none,Fresh venison and more;But most of all I saw the Bridegroom’s face.6/12

The Bridegroom

Now, you must understandThat all my life I had been blind,With all the world I struggled in the pit.And now they brought a garmentThat restored man flesh and mind;I knew they weren’t mistaken when it fit.

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The Bridegroom

Chorus:But, Oh, the music that I heardA-seeping through the Bridegroom’s door;The cymbal and the harp all join’d in praise.The smell of new wine like on earth there’s none,Fresh venison and more;But most of all I saw the Bridegroom’s face.8/12

The Bridegroom

This is no fable, friend,The time of feasting is at hand;And even now they play outside your door. If you have eyes to see or ears to hear,You’ll let them in;And you will share that feast forever more.

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The Bridegroom

Chorus:But, Oh, the music that I heardA-seeping through the Bridegroom’s door;The cymbal and the harp all join’d in praise.The smell of new wine like on earth there’s none,Fresh venison and more;But most of all I saw the Bridegroom’s face.10/12

The Bridegroom

And when the tambourines are playingAll will sing a brand new song;The ploughshare evil’s weapon will replace.All clad in white, each man will raise his heelAnd crush the head of wrong; But most of all,We’ll see the Bridegroom’s face.

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The Bridegroom

Chorus:But, Oh, the music that I heardA-seeping through the Bridegroom’s door;The cymbal and the harp all join’d in praise.The smell of new wine like on earth there’s none,Fresh venison and more;But most of all I saw the Bridegroom’s face.12/12