Rose of Sharon

A vineyard daughter, a farmworker who sings in the fields, and a rock star who offers her everything.

Napa Valley, summer 1967. Rosa Benedetti, twenty years old and sunburned from the vines her brothers control, doesn't think she is anything special. Then Miguel Reyes, a farmworker and union volunteer, starts singing to her across the rows.

Her brothers forbid it. Their winery is broke and their pride is not. And when the family needs saving, Sol arrives from San Francisco: a rock star with a band called The Mighty Men, a sermon about free love, and a ring for every finger.

Across two summers, as strikes and deputies and a country coming apart close in around the vineyard, Rosa has to choose between the man who could give her everything and the love that many waters cannot quench.

Characters

Rosa Benedetti

A vineyard daughter from an old Italian-American winemaking family

Miguel Reyes

A farmworker and union volunteer who sings in the fields, sometimes in Spanish

Sol

A San Francisco rock star who preaches free love and collects people like rings

The Daughters

Rosa's three girlfriends: chorus, commentators and conscience

Tony and Frank Benedetti

Her older brothers, protective, broke and proud

Mama Benedetti

The quiet center of the family

Song list

No.	Song	Scripture
I-1	Let Him Kiss Me	1:2–4
I-2	Dark but Lovely	1:5–6
I-3	Tell Me Where You Graze	1:7–8
I-4a	Like a Mare Among Pharaoh's Chariots	1:9–11
I-4b	Lily Among Thorns	2:1–3
I-5	Do Not Awaken Love	2:4–7
I-6	The Winter Is Past	2:8–13
I-7	Catch the Little Foxes	2:15
I-8a	Night Search	3:1–4
I-8b	Refrain II	3:5
I-9	Who Is This Coming Up from the Wilderness?	3:6–11
II-1	Let Us Go Out to the Fields	7:11–13
II-2	Come With Me	4:7–9, 6:8–9
II-3	A Garden Locked	4:12–5:1
II-4	Until the Day Breathes	2:17, 4:6
II-5	Terrible as an Army with Banners	6:4, 6:10
II-6	I Slept, but My Heart Was Awake	5:2–6
II-7	The Watchmen	5:7
II-8	What Is Your Beloved?	5:8–16
II-9	I Am My Beloved's	6:1–3
II-10	My Own Vineyard	8:7–12
II-11	Many Waters	8:4, 8:6–7
Coda	Make Haste	8:14

No.

Song

Scripture

I-1

Let Him Kiss Me

1:2–4

I-2

Dark but Lovely

1:5–6

I-3

Tell Me Where You Graze

1:7–8

I-4a

Like a Mare Among Pharaoh's Chariots

1:9–11

I-4b

Lily Among Thorns

2:1–3

I-5

Do Not Awaken Love

2:4–7

I-6

The Winter Is Past

2:8–13

I-7

Catch the Little Foxes

2:15

I-8a

Night Search

3:1–4

I-8b

Refrain II

3:5

I-9

Who Is This Coming Up from the Wilderness?

3:6–11

II-1

Let Us Go Out to the Fields

7:11–13

II-2

Come With Me

4:7–9, 6:8–9

II-3

A Garden Locked

4:12–5:1

II-4

Until the Day Breathes

2:17, 4:6

II-5

Terrible as an Army with Banners

6:4, 6:10

II-6

I Slept, but My Heart Was Awake

5:2–6

II-7

The Watchmen

5:7

II-8

What Is Your Beloved?

5:8–16

II-9

I Am My Beloved's

6:1–3

II-10

My Own Vineyard

8:7–12

II-11

Many Waters

8:4, 8:6–7

Coda

Make Haste

8:14

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Rose of Sharon

Selah Session II

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I-1Let Him Kiss MeNot yet recorded
I-2Dark but LovelyNot yet recorded
I-3Tell Me Where You GrazeNot yet recorded
I-4aLike a Mare Among Pharaoh's ChariotsNot yet recorded
I-4bLily Among ThornsNot yet recorded
I-5Do Not Awaken LoveNot yet recorded
I-6The Winter Is PastNot yet recorded
I-7Catch the Little FoxesNot yet recorded
I-8aNight SearchNot yet recorded
I-8bRefrain IINot yet recorded
I-9Who Is This Coming Up from the Wilderness?Not yet recorded
II-1Let Us Go Out to the FieldsNot yet recorded
II-3A Garden LockedNot yet recorded
II-4Until the Day BreathesNot yet recorded
II-5Terrible as an Army with BannersNot yet recorded
II-6I Slept, but My Heart Was AwakeNot yet recorded
II-7The WatchmenNot yet recorded
II-8What Is Your Beloved?Not yet recorded
II-9I Am My Beloved'sNot yet recorded
II-10My Own VineyardNot yet recorded
II-11Many WatersNot yet recorded
CodaMake HasteNot yet recorded

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