Tune: Stowey
('When a knight won his spurs')
Adapted with permission from
'Peace in the Valley' by Angela & Brian
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Well do I remember my quaint Old Village Church
Recalls memories to me of my youthful days
Their absence, their past days, they leave me in the lurch
For some have passed on or have gone their separate ways
Such scenes remind me, they do, of my youthful days
Where are the lads and lassies that I used to know?
For some have passed on or have gone their separate ways
Where are some living now, where, O where did they go?
Where are the lads and lassies that I used to know?
Some be in the churchyard, they be under the stones
Where are some living now, where, O where did they go?
Some in distant lands, some rest in peace, only bones
Some be in the churchyard, they be under the stones
Their absence, their past days, they leave me in the lurch
Some in distant lands, some rest in peace, only bones
Well do I remember my quaint Old Village Church
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: May 5th, 2020 02:31
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 12.12.12.12. metre - or almost, as the original says 'Irregular Metre'.
- Category: Spiritual
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makes you wonder where it all went
Thanks Ron.
you`re welcome
Very good one Orchi.
Thanks Gold. A Primary School hymn that we sang - so about 5 million years ago for us both! Before 1066 anyway.
Good Morning Uncle Steve ~ Thanks for this adaptation of *Peace in the Valley* ! loved the HYMN ~ Even though all the Dragons have been Slain the *Knights^ abound and I would class our Surgeons & Virologists seeking to slay COVID 19 as a our 21st C ^Cavalleri* ! Angela (in her more romantic mode) calls me Her *Caballero en Armadura de Plata* Her *Knight in Armour of Silver*
In HYMNOLOGY ~ Metre is of prime importance and you have transformed my *Mixed Metre Elegy* into a 12 12 12 12 metre Hymn. There s only one *Elizabethan Form line* (lines 10 & 13)
Some be in the churchyard, they be under the sones
Well done it recites beatifully with a West Country accent. Do you have a tune for it ? Very pleased it stirred a Memory for Our Friend ~ UOAP !
Blessings & Joy to You & Your Proud Pup *Cur Fido* !
Love in the Spirit ~ Angela & Brian 🧡🤍💙🤍🧡
Thanks A&B. Some - Goldie and I - remember the dragons of course, being about 10 million years old ourselves! We fought dinosaurs too.
Captivating and thoroughly enjoyed my friend......
Thanks Neville.
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