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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I must admit to being a bit of a heathen where hymns are concerned.
I am pretty much fucked at weddings or funerals unless they have happened to choose 'Morning has broken' 
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I must admit to being a bit of a heathen where hymns are concerned.
I am pretty much fucked at weddings or funerals unless they have happened to choose 'Morning has broken'
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Thats a lovely one too xxx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Here ya go Jo
Time to get all cultural on ya !
This always sounds like it should be a hymn to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b-RehmqZUE
It's foreign (Portuguese) and I dunno why, but her voice sends me.
The translation is of the title is 'The Shepherd'
The translation of the words is :
Oh no one returns
To what one has left
No one leaves the great wheel
No one knows where they have been
Oh no one remembers
Not even what one has dreamt
And the small child sings
The shepherd's song
Out there burning still is
The vessel of fantasy
And my dream ends late
Leaving my soul as a watcher
Out there burning still is
The vessel of fantasy
And my song ends late
Awaking is what I do not want
Out there burning still is
The vessel of fantasy
And my dream ends late
Leaving my soul as a watcher
Out there burning still is
The vessel of fantasy
And my song ends late
Awaking is what I do not want
See, it even has 'hymn' like lyrics in there too ! |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
"Abide with me, that always chokes me a little."
Hsve to agree fully with this choice. It gets to me each and every time I hear it and I blub like there's no tomorrow!
I once heard it sung at the annual convention of the Sweet Adelines, the female version of Barbershop Quartets. Six hundred ladies, all in perfect harmony, singing this wonderful tune at the close of their competition.
There wasn't a dry eye in the hotel convention centre; I'm getting goosebumps thinking about it right now! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I must admit to being a bit of a heathen where hymns are concerned.
I am pretty much fucked at weddings or funerals unless they have happened to choose 'Morning has broken'
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I wanted morning has broken when we got married as we had a few children there and that's the one i used to love singing at school.
The vicar said no as it was only a funeral one  |
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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago
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"I must admit to being a bit of a heathen where hymns are concerned.
I am pretty much fucked at weddings or funerals unless they have happened to choose 'Morning has broken'
I wanted morning has broken when we got married as we had a few children there and that's the one i used to love singing at school.
The vicar said no as it was only a funeral one "
My cousin had that one at her wedding...
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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What are you choosing hymns for?
I love the dirgy ones. My favourite is a communion hymn - Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence. It's the best bit of church (apart from Jevohah's - sorry, but I can't get on with your hymns). |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"What are you choosing hymns for?
I love the dirgy ones. My favourite is a communion hymn - Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence. It's the best bit of church (apart from Jevohah's - sorry, but I can't get on with your hymns)."
funeral . |
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Personally I think hymns at funerals are naff and pointless, unless the deceased was a regular church goer and was known for having favourite hymns they loved to sing. It is much more meaningful to have songs or music which meant something to the person, music which people can connect to the person and will bring out the memories of the good times in their life. |
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