About the story of the Good Samaritan.
There is a solo version (attached here) and a duet/choral version (attached next). Even as a solo, though, the second arrangement is probably better. The PCC choir performed the latter at PrideFest once upon a time. I've had pianists argue over who gets to accompany this one and play the gaudy, lounge piano interlude...
July 2001
Lyrics
Travelling the road to Jericho,
A man was set on at night.
Thieves stole his goods and beat him down:
The man was left to die.
Along came a Levite and a priest,
Both good and holy men,
But they were afraid and they would not help,
They would not sing to him,
Refrain
I'll hold you in my arms for free,
I'll bind your wounds and ease your pain,
I'll give you all the love you need
As long as you are needy,
As long as you are crying,
As long as you are hurting,
I'll hold you in my arms for free forever.
Then a Samaritan chanced by,
A man despised and unclean.
Love moved his heart, he cared alone
For one he'd never seen.
He washed out the wounds and he bound them tight
And settled him in an inn.
He paid for the room and kept watch at night,
And this is what he sang:
Refrain
Sometimes the ones who care for us
Are not who we would expect.
Love doesn't count appearances
Or calculate respect.
So whether they robbed us or passed us by
Or comforted our sting,
We'll see them again as we travel on
An here's what we must sing:
Refrain
The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return,
I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'
Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"
The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him."
Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."