Mara Carlyle & Willy Mason "Sweet Spirit"

A song about dying.

Available on Itunes http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/sweet-spirit-single/id483187846

Music by Mara Carlyle. Words from 16th Century prayer
'Litany to the Holy Spirit'

(photo by Lucy Pope)

Lyrics:

When I lie within my bed,
Sick in heart and sick in head,
And with doubts discomforted,
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

In the hour of my distress
When temptations me oppress
And when I my sins confess
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

When the house doth sigh and weep,
And the world is drown'd in sleep,
Yet mine eyes the watch do keep,
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

When the passing bell doth toll,
And the Furies in a shoal
Come to fright a parting soul,
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

When the tapers now burn blue,
And the comforters are few,
And that number more than true,
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

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• Sweet Spirit
• Mara Carlyle
• Willy Mason
• Duet
• Litany to the Holy Spirit