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Thread #105773   Message #2178972
Posted By: GUEST,Edthefolkie
25-Oct-07 - 12:17 PM
Thread Name: Obit: RIP Ursula Vaughan Williams (23 Oct 07)
Subject: RE: Obit: RIP Ursula Vaughan Williams
Just been reminded by an old (organist) friend that Ursula VW wrote the words for Herbert Howells' wonderful Hymn to St Cecilia....

"...Your summer time grows short and fades away,
Terror must gather to a martyr's death,
But never tremble - the last indrawn breath
Remembers music as an echo may..."

Not very folk oriented but superb anyway.