O come and mourn

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O come and mourn with me awhile
O come ye to the Saviour’s side;
O come, together let us mourn
Jesus our Lord is crucified.		O break, O break, hard heart of mine!
Thy weak selflove and guilty pride
His Pilate and his Judas were
Jesus our Lord is crucified.
Have we no tears to shed for him
While soldiers scoff and Jew deride
Ah! look how patiently he hangs
Jesus our Lord is crucified.		A broken heart, a fount of tears,
Ask, and they will not be denied
A broken heart love’s cradle is
Jesus our Lord is crucified.
Seventimes he spake, seven words of love
And all three hours his silence cried
For mercy on the souls of men
Jesus our Lord is crucified.
O love of God! O sin of man!
In this dread act your strength is tried
And victory remains with love
Jesus our Lord is crucified.

Words: FW Faber 1814-64.
The copyright of this music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 1970).
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Deserted Island

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Emperors of the Island – Danny Abse

© Stuart Moffatt 1969

There is a story of a deserted Island
Where five men walked down to the shore
The story of the Island is
that three men would two men slay
Three men dug two graves in the sand
Three men stood on the sea wet rock
Three shadows moved away.

There is a story of a deserted Island
Where three men walked down to the shore
The story of the Island is
that two men would one men slay
Two men dug one grave in the sand
Two men stood on the sea wet rock
Two shadows moved away.

There is a story of a deserted Island
Where two men walked down to the shore
The story of the Island is
that one men would one men slay
One men dug one grave in the sand
One men stood on the sea wet rock
One shadow moved away.

There is a story of a deserted Island
Where one man walked down to the shore
The story of the Island is
that four ghosts would one men slay
Five ghosts dug one grave in the sand
No men stood on the sea wet rock
No shadows moved away.

© Danny Abse 1957
See also The Poetry Station where Danny Abse recites a different version of this poem. © The English and Media Centre

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The copyright of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 1969).
The midi file was produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The mp3/ogg were produced using Myriad software.