Song of the Day - 10th January
Today's Song of the Day on the theme of Baptism is a setting of a poem entitled "The Christening" by Walter de la Mare, an award-winning English poet, short story writer and novelist. A gentle, lilting melody, this would be suitable for any celebration of a child's baptism. This song is being beta tested for Songs for all Seasons by the Barisons Singers . The Christening By Walter De La Mare The bells chime clear, Soon will the sun behind the hills sink down; Come, little Ann, your baby brother dear Lies in his christening-gown. His godparents Are all across the fields stepped on before, And wait beneath the crumbling monuments, This side the old church door. Your mammie dear Leans frail and lovely on your daddie's arm; Watching her chick, 'twixt happiness and fear, Lest he should come to harm. All to be blest Full soon in the clear heavenly water, he Sleeps on unwitting of't, his little breast Heaving so tenderly. I carried y...