“This Much”
written by Mike Stewart(?)
The sun was bright on a field of green
The birds were singing gay
A lady sat at a spinning wheel
And watched her child at play.
A gentle, handsome child was he
This boy who just turned three
Whose greatest joy and thrill right now
Was climbing the highest tree.
“How much do you love me?” His mother asked
Of this child out playing so free
“This much” he cried with his arms outstretched
As he ran swiftly to her knee.
The years have passed and the child has grown
He’s strong and handsome still
But the tree he loved to climb so much
He just carried to Calvary’s hill.
His mother stands and I see her tears
Budding silently one by one
I’m sure she feels each hammer blow
As they crucify her son.
“How much do you love me?” The world has asked
Of this man I crucified
“I love you this much” I heard him say
Then he bowed his head and died.
“This much I love you, oh this much I really care
This much I love you and I’ll always be right here.”
To listen go here:
marywelchrogers.com/thismuch.ram
I used to hear the artist sing it every Good Friday. There was never a dry eye in the church.
She did a Lenten concert at the Cathedral last year (or year before?). It was beautiful. I just wish she would make a CD of the songs she sang that night.
Debbie
