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*[Why, what hath my Lord done?
==References=={{Reflistreturnto}}[[Christian music]] -> [[Hymns]]
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'''My Song is love unknown''' (hymn) is a beautiful commemoration hymn commemorating of [[Good Friday]] with music composed by John Ireland (1879 - 1962)<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ireland_%28composer%29Wikipedia - John Ireland</ref> and words composed by Samuel Crossman (c.1624 - 1684)<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_CrossmanWikipedia - Samuel Crossman</ref>. ===Words===
<pre>
My song is love unknown,
And for His death they thirst and cry.
What makes this rage and spite?
He made the lame to run,
I all my days could gladly spend.
</pre>
An additional penultimate verse is generally omitted:
<br /><br /pre>''In life, no house, no home''<br />''My Lord on earth might have;''<br />''In death no friendly tomb''<br />''But what a stranger gave.''<br />''What may I say? Heav’n was His home;''<br />''But mine the tomb wherein He lay.''<br /pre> ==External Linksand References=={{Reflist}}
*[http://www.hymnswithoutwords.com/downloads.php?cat_id=12 Free MP3 performance of "My song is love unknown" for use in public or private worship from hymnswithoutwords.com]
