The Wedding Banquet

Melody & Lyrics: Miriam Therese Winter


I cannot come, I cannot come to the banquet, 

don't trouble me now. I have married a wife. 

I have brought me a cow.  

I have fields and commitments that cost a pretty sum.

Pray, hold me excused, I cannot come.

A certain man held a feast on his fine estate in town.

He laid a festive table and wore a wedding gown.

He sent invitations to his neighbors far and wide,

but when the meal was ready, each of them replied,

I cannot come, I cannot come to the banquet,

 don't trouble me now. I have married a wife. 

I have brought me a cow.

I have fields and commitments that cost a pretty sum.

Pray, hold me excused, I cannot come.

The master rose up in anger, 

called his servants by name, said,

Go into the town, fetch the blind and the lame,

Fetch the peasant and the pauper for this I have willed,

my banquet must be crowded, and my table must be filled,

I cannot come, I cannot come to the banquet, 

don't trouble me now. I have married a wife. 

I have brought me a cow.

I have fields and commitments that cost a pretty sum.

Pray, hold me excused, I cannot come.

When all the poor had assembled, 

there was still room to spare,

So the master demanded, go search every where,

to the highways and the byways and force them to come in.

My table must be filled before the banquet can begin.

I cannot come, I cannot come to the banquet, 

don't trouble me now. I have married a wife. 

I have brought me a cow.

I have fields and commitments that cost a pretty sum.

Pray, hold me excused, I cannot come.

Now God has written a lesson for the rest of mankind,

If we're slow in responding, He may leave us behind,

He's preparing a banquet for that great and glorious day,

When the Lord and master calls us, be certain not to say,

I cannot come, I cannot come to the banquet, 

don't trouble me now. I have married a wife. 

I have brought me a cow.

I have fields and commitments that cost a pretty sum.

Pray, hold me excused, I cannot come.



CD / Hymnal: Teen Praise For Secondary School

Publisher: Chinese Christian Literature Council, Ltd.



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