Christ be beside me, as in the "middle verses" of St Patrick's Breastplate? I think I may have sung them to Bunessan, but what I'm remembering from my Church of Ireland days is something different, probably "Deirdre", which misses out the word "be", and is 4 4 4 4 D metre.
You mentioned how “Morning Has Broken” always seems a bit twee to you. I wonder how much of that is due to the meter—5.5.5.4.D. Those short lines can give a sense of sing-songiness.
Brits of a certain age may think of it primarily as a school assembly song. I certainly do (though as a six-year old I probably understood very little of it!)
I used to have the sheet music which included the beautiful Rick Wakeman piano part, but never played it in church!
Ahem - Cat Stevens
Yes, but it was Rick on the piano!
Indeed. He got everywhere. That’s also him on Life on Mars.
Christ be beside me, as in the "middle verses" of St Patrick's Breastplate? I think I may have sung them to Bunessan, but what I'm remembering from my Church of Ireland days is something different, probably "Deirdre", which misses out the word "be", and is 4 4 4 4 D metre.
I'm as musically incompetent and ignorant as they come, but I feel Bunessan would definitely give it a different flavour! One of my favourites.
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Yes, but not the C F Alexander version (I'd normally sing that to GARTON). The lyrics are here (though this link offers yet another tune):
https://zealmusicpublishing.com/christ-be-beside-me
Indeed. He got everywhere. That’s also him on Life on Mars.
I'm as musically incompetent and ignorant as they come, but I feel Bunessan would definitely give it a different flavour! One of my favourites.