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GREENCASTLE (Edwards)

Composer: David L. Edwards

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Harmonizer: Jean E. Wood-Kobert

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Tune Information

Title: GREENCASTLE (Edwards)
Composer: David L. Edwards (1992)
Harmonizer: Jean E. Wood-Kobert (1992)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 12354 32712 35174
Key: d minor
Copyright: © 1992 David L. Edwards; harm. © 1995 Chalice Press

Texts

If I Fly as Birds at Dawning

Some There Are Who by Their Living

Some there are who by their living
lift us to a higher plane,
finding joy disclosed as sorrow,
healing hidden in their pain.
They are drawn by brighter visions,
glad to give all they possess
for a greater good, discovering
holier depths of happiness.

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