And what connects the Military Wives with Les Misérables? I hear you ask.
Simply this -
the second phrase in Paul Mealor's song Wherever You Are is rather more than vaguely reminiscent of Eponine's aria in Les Mis - A Little Drop of Rain -
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
And rain will make the flowers grow
it's note for note the same, the metre is the same, and the harmonisation is the same.
Just thought I'd mention it.
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
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There is a hymn by John Newton, dating from 1779, that begins "How sweet
the Name of Jesus sounds in a believer's ear!". We sang it this morning,
which is ...
5 years ago