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When the war came: Movement 2: Work

I didn't want to paint a picture of pre-war England as too idyllic; I'm sure life in a small village like this was pretty tough....

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When the War Came

I've decided to publish in this blog the full narration and lyrics of the song cycle we are in the process of writing for the...

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Written on Water: The Lantern of the West

1499 After the Saxon Abbey was a distant memory, and the first great Norman cathedral, built on the same spot, had also fallen without trace,...

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Written on Water: St. Peter’s Fair

One thing the monasteries gave Bath is often forgotten; St Peter’s fair in 1106, the first street celebration in Bath with jugglers, musicians, fire swallowers,...

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Written on Water: The Monk’s Song

I have posted an earlier version of this before, but here is the finished one - not much changed, as I recall, in its proper...

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Written on Water: The Coronation of King Edgar

But…over the centuries the waters receded. The springs re-emerged, and out of the sodden wasteland rose another holy place . .this time sacred to a...

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Written on Water: The Ruin

This is an account of building. decay, ruin, and building again. When the Baths fell into decay and the hot springs were drowned by the...

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Written on Water: The Roman Songs

The next two songs are both about the Roman Baths. The secondary meaning of Written on Water is that our lives do not disappear without...

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Written on Water

The first set of Lyrics for the Footprint project, the story of Bath Abbey, written! A good day! (Thank you, Keats, for the inspiration as...

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Christmas Carol 2; Suns and Moons

This is my first idea for a Christmas carol for the school children Shean teaches. He wants two. As I have remarked before, it is...

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