It is set to an unnamed tune by Lundy, with a 4/4 time signature. The original publication is in the key of Am, and the first few notes are A(low) E E G F#.
It was first published in 1978, in Songs of the Spirit volume 1. It was also included in a 1979 recording "I Will be With You" by La Sallian Resources. (ref), and in the 1993 and 1999 editions of (Liturgical) Hymns Old and New both available from Amazon
No recordings or other on-line examples have been found.
Lyrics
The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. The song has five verses, each four lines long. A rough outline is:1 One cold night in spring the wind blew cold ...
2 And he broke a wheaten loaf to share ...
3 Then he poured good wine into a cup ...
4 See a dying man with arms outstretched ...
5 Soon a man will come with arms outstretched ...
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