[Magdalen] Punxsutawney Phil.

[Jay Weigel]

The final hymn at my mother's funeral was "Amazing Grace" because she and
my brother would sing it on the phone long after she could no longer speak
more than one word at a time...music was the last thing to go for her. Even
when she could no longer sing the words, she would often sit and hum songs
she knew. After the final verse of "Amazing Grace", the organist, as
instructed (by me) burst into an all-stops-out version of her favorite
Easter hymn, "Welcome, Happy Morning" as the postlude, and that's when I
completely lost it.

On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 10:08 AM, P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 8:18 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Is that the “When we’ve been there ten thousand years..” verse? I love
> it!
> >
>
> ​Yes - look at the rest of the verses - it doesn't fit. (not saying I don't
> like it I do; but it's not part of that hymn - most sources don't include
> it with JMHH either but if you look at the text, it does go with it).​
>
> ​When we've been there has become a bit of a "wandering refrain,"​ used
> when you are singing in common meter and need another verse - everyone
> knows it.
>
> d
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>
> > >>
> > >> ​The usual last verse of Amazing Grace does not go with that hymn. It
> > was
> > > written as part of Jerusalem, my happy home.​
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > P. Dan Brittain
> > > Harrison, Arkansas
> > >
> > > Transcriptions, Arrangements and Original Compositions
> > > Wind Band, Brass Band, Choir, and Ensembles
> > >
> > > http//:pdanbrittain.com  Or  at Sheet Music Plus
> > > http://tinyurl.com/yb9fl39r
> >
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> --
> P. Dan Brittain
> Harrison, Arkansas
>
> Transcriptions, Arrangements and Original Compositions
> Wind Band, Brass Band, Choir, and Ensembles
>
> http//:pdanbrittain.com  Or  at Sheet Music Plus
> http://tinyurl.com/yb9fl39r
>