he who would valiant be

A well known melody used for the hymn "He Who Would Valiant Be" with words taken from John Bunyan. I play it as a guitar solo. I hear from ramron333 that it had an earlier title: "Our captain cried all hands".

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[garystorey]

Beautiful, thankyou (:

[andypandywright]

glad you like the posting, garystorey, all best wishes - martin.

[ClaireSapphyck]

Thanks for this. We sang it at our school in 1965 at the memorial service for Sir Winston Churchill after he died. It is a powerful and evocative tune and memory.

[andypandywright]

i remember that day for a different reason, Claire - i was ill and went to bed in the day, well, when i woke up it was 5 in the evening, but i thought it was 5 in the morning and i could hear all this ghostly mournful music - somewhat terrified, i crept downstairs and pushed open the living room door - and there was everybody watching Churchill's funeral on TV ! - cheers, Martin.

[ianhorst]

I wish I could play like that! Beautiful.

[andypandywright]

thanks for that, ian, glad you liked the instrumental version as well - cheers, martin.

[andypandywright]

glad you like my version, williehackitt1, cheers from derbyshire - martin.

[williehackitt1]

very nice thank you

[andypandywright]

that's great, ian, and glad it reminded you of the happy day - cheers from derbyshire - martin.

[iainmclaughlan1975]

I sang this at my wedding, really enjoyed watching this, played really well, thank you