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Thread #92333   Message #1765420
Posted By: GUEST,UJ (Again...)
21-Jun-06 - 07:50 AM
Thread Name: Songs about 'crossing over'
Subject: RE: Songs about 'crossing over'
Now that you've got me rummaging through the collection...

Here's something you don't hear much any more - a Protestant CHANT!;

"Calm On The Bosom of thy God"; 19th Century Funery Chant

And someone mentioned "Weep Not for Me"; This version has a couple of sets of alternative verses, which was not at all uncommon at the time - lyrics and scores were mixed and matched on the fly according to metrical compatability. The score is pretty nondescript IMHO, as a lot of music from this period was - but I do it to the tune of "All Through the Night", which works pretty well.
The chords I worked out by ear and may not be "proper", but they sound OK to me.

"Weep Not For Me"

This is a good excersize in rapid chording, I have found!