Psalms and hymns plus

This blog chiefly contains metrical versions of the psalms based on the NIV text but also poems I have written down the years

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Fat Slob

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He's as large as he is lonely, He's as mean as his gut. He tries hard to appear happy But his life's in a rut. He so longs to be...
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Seventies style Marriage Lines

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She's putting her foot down About him putting his foot down On the accelerator. She wonders if there's grounds In the sink f...

I sometimes sense I'm starting to despair

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I sometimes sense I'm starting to despair I somehow feel that people just don't care. My conscience cries out "nothing's ...
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Two short Welsh pieces

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Rebecca Rebecca, O Rebecca, You're a riot of a girl. Welsh Ennui Well, we are bored En' we?

Statistics

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If half the world has money Then the other half is poor If half the world is funny The other half's a bore. If half the world...

London (If I was out at sea)

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I never wanted to come to London but God called me here. It took me a long time to get my head around the idea but I did finally. I wri...
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I'll praise the Lord

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I'll praise the Lord my great Jehovah Praise your name till life seems over Then praise your great name in heav'n above For all y...
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Far, far from home

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Far, far from home In this land of despair. Far, far from home, How I long to be there. Clouds send news of rain coming soon Dark, col...

Beautiful feet

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Across distant mountains he runs, We see him bound over the hills. News of peace and pardon he brings, Our hearts with salvation he th...
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A Large Stone

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There's a large stone, I've not seen in a while. I used to sit on it alone, And with my sister too. In our garden Come winds...
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The Old Rising Sun

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There was a pub in Newport town They called the Rising Sun They changed it to the Harlequin; It's now a restaurant. My moth...
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Covenant

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Made a cov'nant with my eyes To look into the skies When pretty girls go by I've learned to love the sky.
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To be Frank

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I was a thousand miles from Wales, So I could not attend, As would a family member, friend, The fun'rals for Frank and Frank. Fr...
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The donkeys of Grahamstown, South Africa

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You hear them at night Though they are not in sight. The donkeys of Grahamstown, Let's award them a crown. You see them by day,...
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I hear the beat - a distant sound

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I hear the beat - a distant sound, As my mind runs away. I travel back, in memories drowned, To past and long gone days. I know my lif...
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Welsh pastor [born '59] at Childs Hill Baptist, London ['83ff] husband to Eleri ['88ff]; father to 5 sons [b '89-'01]; 4 daughters-in-law ['09ff]; 9 grandchildren ['14ff] author: several books, many blogs.
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