Here is our current repertoire.

Past repertoire items listed here.

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All Night, All Day

Music: Traditional

Arrangement: after The Swan Silvertones

wikipedia image of mozart as drawn by Doris Stock

Ave Verum Corpus

Music: W A Mozart

Lyric: attributed to Pope Innocent VI

Ave verum corpus is a short Eucharistic hymn dating from the 14th century and attributed to Pope Innocent VI (d. 1362), which has been set to music by various composers. During the Middle Ages it was sung at the elevation of the host during the consecration. It was also used frequently during Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

The hymn’s title means "Hail, true body", and is based on a poem deriving from a 14th-century manuscript from the Abbey of Reichenau, Lake Constance. The poem is a meditation on the Catholic belief in Jesus’s Real Presence in the sacrament of the Eucharist, and ties it to Catholic ideas on the redemptive meaning of suffering in the life of all believers.

History and impressions of Ave Verum Corpus by Conrad Askland

Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind

Music: John Rutter

Lyric: William Shakespeare (from "As You Like It")

Din Din

Music and Lyrics: Anon

Arrangement: As sung by Zap Mama

Anonymous 16th century Spanish liturgical composition.

I Only Want To Be With You

Music: Michael Edwin Hawker, Ivor Raymonde

Jesus' Love Bubbles Over (Hallelujah)

Music: J Johnson after The Birmingham Sunlights

He's Sweet I Know

Musicand Lyric: Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson was born in New Orleans in 1911 and moved to Chicago in 1927 where she sang with the Johnson Brothers, one of the earliest professional gospel groups.

During her illustrious career she sang and co-wrote songs with Thomas Dorsey.

I Can See Clearly Now

Arrangement: Stephen Taberner

Lifeline (Harriet Tubman)

Music and Lyric: Walter Robinson

Arrangement: Janet Andrews

This song is about one of the most famous "conductors" of the "Underground Railroad"

The Underground Railroad was a network of clandestine routes by which African slaves in the United States attempted to escape to free states, or as far north as Canada, with the aid of abolitionists. Other routes led to Mexico or overseas.

It is estimated that at its height between 1810 and 1850, between 30,000 and 100,000 people escaped enslavement via the Underground Railroad, though US Census figures only account for 6000.

See Wikipedia for more info on The Underground Railway

More on Harriet Tubman

This song is about one of the most famous "conductors" of the "Underground Railroad"

It is estimated that at its height between 1810 and 1850, between 30,000 and 100,000 people escaped enslavement via the Underground Railroad, though US Census figures only account for 6000.

See Wikipedia for more info on The Underground Railway

More on Harriet Tubman