[email protected] wrote: > > That's it Tuck. Lucy is also a GMB reference though. He wrote a lovely > little poem "Lullaby for Lucy" to celebrate her birth which was later set as a > choral piece by Peter Maxwell Davies. I believe it was recently sung at her > wedding. It was indeed sung at Lucy's wedding <http://www.orcadian.co.uk/archive/2005/lucywedding.htm> It's a hauntingly beautiful piece - words by GMB and music by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - written in 1981 to celebrate the birth of Lucy Rendall, the first baby born in Rackwick for 32 years. "Lullaby for Lucy" is an acrostic: Let all plants and creatures of the valley now Unite, Calling a new Young one to join the celebration. Rowan and lamb and waters salt and sweet Entreat the New child to the brimming Dance of the valley, A pledge and a promise. Lonely they were long, the creatures of Rackwick, till Lucy came among them, all brightness and light. -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney <www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont> "Do you get virgin wool from ugly sheep?"

Thanks so much, Bruce. Is there a site where we could hear the music? I can see adjusting the names and using it at christening ceremonies,,, Anne (SE Pa) On 9/22/07, Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay) <[email protected]> wrote: > > It was indeed sung at Lucy's wedding > <http://www.orcadian.co.uk/archive/2005/lucywedding.htm>

You can't adjust the names for Lullaby for Lucy, since each line starts with those letters, as L...U...C...Y etc. On Sep 22, 2007, at 9:59 AM, Anne Slater wrote: > Thanks so much, Bruce. > Is there a site where we could hear the music? > I can see adjusting the names and using it at christening > ceremonies,,, > > Anne (SE Pa) > > On 9/22/07, Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay) <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> It was indeed sung at Lucy's wedding >> <http://www.orcadian.co.uk/archive/2005/lucywedding.htm> > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Anne Slater wrote: > Thanks so much, Bruce. > Is there a site where we could hear the music? > I can see adjusting the names and using it at christening ceremonies,,, I'm not aware of any online versions where you can hear the piece but there is a CD that can be purchased: <http://www.amazon.co.uk/Celebration-Scotland-Peter-Maxwell-Davies/dp/B000001PCM> and you can buy the sheet music for the piece: <http://www.boosey.de/pages/shop/product_detail.asp?id=673762&a=> Or if you visit Stronsay on a Monday when the "Stronsay Singers" are due to meet for an evening class (tuition by Michael Lee) we'll sing it for you. Our next session runs from 24 Sep - 26 Nov. But please do let us know when you're coming! -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney <www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont> "Do you get virgin wool from ugly sheep?"