The National Children's Choir Ireland 2003 Concert. 6 - Speed Your Journey

This is the sixth song in the 2003 National Children's Choir repertoire, "Speed Your Journey". It is the English version of Verdi's "Va Pensiero". This was the year I took part, singing the descant line, which was fun. Enjoy and comment! Here are the lyrics:

"Speed Your Journey"

Speed your journey
My thoughts and my longings
Speed your journey
To mountains and valley
Where the sweet scented air breathes a fragrance
O'er the homes that we knew long ago

To the waters of Jordan bare greeting
To the downfallen temples of zion

Oh my country so fair and so wretched
Oh remembrance of joy and of woe

Golden harps of the Prophets, oh tell me,
Why so silent ye hang from the willow.
Once again sing the songs of our homeland,
Sing again of the days that are past.

We have drunk from the cup of affliction;
And have shed bitter tears of repentance.
Oh inspire us Jehovah with courage
So that we may endure to the last.

So that we may endure to the last
So that we may endure to the last
May endure to the last

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