11/13/21

I WONDER AS I WANDER


This post was written for Five Minute Friday
Word prompt--WANDER
Five minutes to free write about it
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The moment I saw this week's FMF prompt, the haunting melody and first few words of "I wonder as I wander" started playing in my mind.  It kept repeating itself over and over in continuous play mode as I tried in vain to recall the rest of the words, where I had heard them, or even just what type of song it was. Finally, I gave up and consulted Google.

According to Google, those words belong to an old Christmas hymn written by folklorist/singer, Jacob Niles (1892-1980). It was inspired by the garbled fragment of a song he heard a young girl singing about the wondrous gift of Jesus at an evangelical fundraising meeting he attended in Southern Appalachia.

I wonder as I wander, out under the sky,
How Jesus the Savior did come for to die
For poor on'ry people like you and like I.
I wonder as I wander, out under the sky.

When Mary birthed Jesus, 'twas in a cow's stall
Came wise men and farmers and shepherds and all,
And high from the heavens a star's light did fall;
The promise of the ages it then did recall.

If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing,
A star in the sky or a bird on the wing,
Or all of God's angels in heaven to sing,
He surely could have had it, 'cause he was the king.

Enjoy!


13 comments:

  1. Can I post a link here? My fav version of the song:

    https://youtu.be/zF3zb4Hbmhk

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    1. Love this. Thanks for sharing.
      I'd never heard of Epic before, but am just listening to some of their other songs.

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  2. I've always loved that, Christmas song, but like you I always forgot the words until I heard them. The words are beautiful! I also love Linda Ronstadt, she's always been one of my favorite singers and musicians. I also listened to the link that, Sandi gave...very powerful, it was just beautiful!!

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    1. I really loved Sandi's link as well. Had never heard of that group before.

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  3. Everything was going great,
    then everything went belly-up,
    and Jesus chose to meet the fate
    assigned Him by the fatal cup.
    He could've waved a casual hand
    like He was shooing off a fly,
    and all the haters in the land
    would have left, have gone bye-bye.
    But He chose to let them take
    Him to the scourging and the Cross,
    that would sorely bend, them break
    Him 'fore a world that felt no loss,
    even when the stone was rolled away,
    and some don't get it, to this day.

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  4. I love this post so much! Both Phil and I have always loved this song! And I sure did not know all these facts about it! I read it to him, and we both istened to the ronstadt version. A most excellent post!!!

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    1. Thanks for sharing that, Ginny. You've made my day.

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  5. What a great take on the word. I too linked wonder into my FMF.

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    1. Looks like several of us were on the same wave length this week.

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  6. I've always liked this song. I liked reading the history of it.

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  7. I've never heard of this song before. :) good to hear a new song

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  8. I am a HUGE Linda Rondstat fan but have never heard her sing this beautiful song.

    Thank you for sharing, Sandra.

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