In Memoriam Alfryn Jenkins for narrator, SATB chorus and orchestra (excerpt) Duration: 01 mins 47 secs Bernard Cribbins/Hayley Westenra/National Youth Choir of Great Britain/London Symphony Orchestra/Karl Jenkins EMI Classics (MP3 download)
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free.
Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres, There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted; They fell with their faces to the foe...
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