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Capernaum (lyrics)
The tune is based on Ed Miller's which he set to the words of Lewis Spence's poem.The package includes both the solo song and two harmony parts so is really usefulfor group work as well as a solo song. February in Edinburgh is dreich and I'mconvinced the poem must have been written then! This song is also on Christine Kydd’s Dark Pearls album.
Capernaum
If aa the blood shed at thy tron, Embro, Embro;
If aa the blood shed at thy tron were shed intae a river
T’would ca the mills o Bonnington Embro, Embro
T’would ca the mills o Bonnington forever and forever.
If aa the tearsthat thou hast grat Embro, Embro;
If aa the tears that thou hast gat were sped intae the sea
Whaur would ye find an Ararat, Embro, Embro?
Whaur will ye find an Ararat fae that fell flood tae flee?
If aa the psalms sung in thy kirks, Embro, Embro;
If aa the psalms sung in thy kirks were gaithered in the wynd
T’would shaw the taps o Roslin’s birks, Embro, Embro
T’would shaw the tap o Roslin’s birks till time was oot o mind.
If aa the broken herts o thee, Embro, Embro;
If aa the broken herts o thee were heapit in a howe
There would be neither land nor sea, Embro, Embro
There would be neither land nor sea, but yon reid brae and thou.
Embro, Embro