Sunday 27th August - singing your prayers

 I always remember things better if they are set to a tune.

Recently I bought a copy of Angela Ashwin's 'Book of a 1000 Prayers' on Kindle. I'm reading through the Morning Prayers in sequence every morning and taking a phrase to remember through the day.

It's a bit late in the say now to share a morning payer, so here's one from the evening section. The tune is callIed Tallis' Canon.

Glory to thee, my God, this night 

For all the blessings of the light;

 Keep me, O keep me, King of kings, 

Beneath thine own almighty wings. 

Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, 

The ill that I this day have done, 

That with the world, myself, and thee, 

I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. 

Thomas Ken (1637 – 1711)

Thursday 19th November - Kalawayo

Missed a post again. Life is happening around here.

My mother is in hospital, and last night what I really wanted was to be with her, and sing lullabies.

I doubt she would have appreciated it - I think sleep is what she would really want. And I don't suppose for a moment that the nurses and other patients would have thanked me either.

So I sang them in my head at home, (so as not to wake BB).

This Native American lullaby is a favourite. You sing it as a three-part round.

Then it was getting early (4am), and we were both awake (again) so I made us a cup of tea. If this carries on, my whole day is going to shift from a normal 7am to 10 pm and become 4 am to 7pm.

I'd love to upload the melody or mp3 file but can't find a way to do it.