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by Edward Verrall Lucas (1868 - 1938)

Brittany
 (Sung text for setting by E. Farrar)
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Language: English 
In Brittany the churches
All day are open wide,
That anyone who wishes to
May pray or rest inside.
The priests have rusty cassocks,
The priests have shaven chins,
The poor old bodies go to them
With lists of little sins.

In Brittany the churches
Are cool and white and quaint,
With here and there a crucifix
And here and there a saint;
And here and there a little shrine,
With candles short or tall
That Bretons light for love of Him
The Lord who loveth all.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ernest Bristow Farrar (1885 - 1918), "Brittany", op. 21 no. 1, published 1914 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Edward Verrall Lucas (1868 - 1938)

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