Written on Water Songs

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Abbey Music

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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Abbey Music

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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Abbey Music

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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Abbey Music

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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Abbey Music

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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Children's poetry

Written on Water Lyric 2: The Pagan Song

The lyrics for Written on Water are finished now, so I thought I would share them with you. Please don't send them anywhere; they won't...

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