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Thread #117262   Message #2524522
Posted By: Jack Campin
25-Dec-08 - 03:24 PM
Thread Name: Queen of Heaven, by CapriUni, & modal ??
Subject: RE: Queen of Heaven, by CapriUni, & modal ??
If you were to put it into a uniform 6/8 metre it would go like this:

X:2
T:Queen of Heaven
C:Ann Magill
M:6/8
Q:1/4=94
K:C Dorian
zC|C2EE2F|E2DC2
w:How deep and clear, these win-ter skies!
w:The God-dess spins an-oth-er year
w:My won-der's deep-er than my speech,
C|E2G G2A|B2B G2
w:How in-fin-ite these shin-ing stars
w:An-oth-er thread in her de-sign
w:My won-der's great-er than my heart,
G|B2B c2B|A2G F2
w:The earth in dream-ing slum-ber lies
w:Our plea-sure's song and sor-row's tears,
w:I pray that in Her Tap-est-ry
F|E2F E2D|C2B, C2||
w:And won-der cracks my awe-struck heart.
w:The weave of flesh and warp of time.
w:I'll know the joy of my small part.
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P:Chorus
C/C/|F2F E2D|C2D C2
w:To the Queen of Hea-ven is my prayer
E|E2G G2A|B2B c2
w:'tis She who spins the Thread of Time
B|A2G F2F|E2F E2
w:'tis She who twines the sun-light clear
D|C2B, E2D|C2B, C2|]
w:And weaves the Tap-est-ry of Life.

You seem to have left some notes off the end of the tune, there weren't enough to fit the words so I added the final phrase. Otherwise the notes are exactly what you wrote, only with different timing.

Nice work, well above the usual for pagan songs.

I'm not too happy with the last two lines of the second verse, they're not as immediately clear as the rest.