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Go gently

Scoring: SATB divisi (a cappella)
Written: Worcester, UK - 2008
Duration: 3'15
Publisher: Edition Peters
Cost: £1.95

Jim was introduced to this beautiful poem by Carol West, a close family friend, and this setting was written for and dedicated to her.
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Go gently on your voyage - Kate McIlhagga (1938-2002)

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Go gently on your voyage, beloved.
Slip away with the ebb tide,
rejoice in a new sunrise.
May the moon make a path across the sea [for you],
the Son provide a welcome.
May the earth receive you and the fire cleanse you
as you go from our love
into the presence of Love's completeness.
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