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"The Ballad of Mary Magdalen" written by Richard Shindell
Performed by Cry, Cry, Cry: Dar Williams, Richard Shindell, Lucy Kaplansky 

Intro: C  Am  F  G  (4 times)

 
C          Am   F         Dm         G     C     F G
My name is Mary Magdalen, I come from Palestine

C         Am        F           Dm           G       C 
Please excuse these rags I'm in, I've fallen on hard times

F     G    Dm     C         F           G      F G
Long ago I had my work when I was in my prime

C            Am       F             Dm            G      C
But I gave it up, and all for love, it was his career or mine

Am    G         F      C         F      C           Dm            G
Jesus loved me, this I know, but why on earth did I ever let him go?

       F      Em       Dm             C
He was always faithful, he was always kind

       F          C         G        C
But he walked off with this heart of mine


A love like this will come but once, this I do believe
And I'll not see his like again, as I live and breathe
And I'm sorry if I might offend, but I will never see
How the tenderness I shared with him became a heresy
Jesus loved me, this I know, but why on earth did I ever let him go?
He was always faithful, he was always kind
But he walked off with this heart of mine

I remember the nights we spent, whispering our creed
Our rituals, our sacrament, the stars our canopy
There beneath an olive tree we'd offer up our plea
God's creation innocent, his arms surrounding me
Jesus loves me, this I know, but why on earth did he ever have to go?
He was always faithful, he was always kind
But he walked off with this heart of mine

He was always faithful, he was always kind
But he walked off with this heart of mine