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GUEST,Elizabeth Block Lyr Req: Touch Us Gently, Time (Ian Bell) (13) RE: Lyr Req: Touch Us Gently, Time (Ian Bell) 10 Jun 18


I sing this song. I learned it from Ian Bell, who got it from a 19th c. Mennonite hymnal. I sing a different last verse, written by Junetta Chenard, a Quaker from the Niagara region. She didn't like the original, and wrote

Winter's sleep does strength revive
Budding hopes again alive

There's a YouTube video, so you can hear the tune.

I sang this at my 25th college reunion. Five years later, at our 30th, a classmate remembered it and asked to hear it again. I've sung it at every reunion since then.


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