It was originally included in Winter's 1966 collection "I Know the Secret", which was accompanied by a record released by Advante Garde Records (ref). This is now out of print but copies are often available on Amazon.
It was also included in An Anthology of Scripture Songs released by the Medical Missions Sisters in 1982 - this is also out of print but available on Amazon.
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Original recording:Lyrics
The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:1 There was a man and he had two sons ..
Refrain
The father waited, alleluia. The father waited, the days were long,
his faith grew deeper and his love grew stronger, alleluia, alleluia.
2 The boy went wild, his ways were free ...
3 The boy cried out: “I’m feeding swine ...
4 The boy returned to his father’s land.
... It is my son, alleluia!
5 Kill the fatted calf, bring the golden ring ...
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