Beaminster Gallery Quire
1. Dance tunes – The King of the Cannibal Islands / Taylor Button’s Jigg
2. Reading from ‘The Old Church Gallery Minstrels’ by Canon K. H. MacDermott
3. Psalm 97 NV – ‘Jehovah reigns’ (tune: New Sabbath)
4. Hymn – ‘Jesus shall reign where e’er the sun’ (tune: Gibraltar)
5. Reading from MacDermott
6. Psalm 1OO OV – ‘All people that on earth shall dwell’ (tune: the Old Hundredth)
7. Reading from MacDermott
8. Psalm16 NV – ‘Protect me from my cruel foes’ (tune: from Martinstown ms 1835)
9. Canticle – Nunc Dimittis, Thomas Clark of Canterbury (1775-1859)
10. Hymn – The Shropshire Funeral Hymn, Thomas Owens ms.1816
11. Reading from ‘The Return of the Native’ by Thomas Hardy
12. Psalm 133 NV – ‘How vast must their advantage be’ (tune: Lydia)
13. Anthem – ‘Thou visitest the earth’, Dr Greene (1695-1755)
14. Reading, ‘A Church Romance’ by Thomas Hardy
15. Psalm 103 Watts – ‘O bless the Lord, my soul’ (tune: Mt Ephraim)
16. Reading, ‘The Fiddler’ by Thomas Hardy
17. Dance tunes – New Rigged Ship / Oyster Girl
18. Carroll 1846 – ‘See seraphic throngs descending’, Melbury Osmond ms.
19. Carol – ‘While shepherds watched’ (tune: Kendall) – Melbury Osmond ms.
20. Reading, ‘The Night of the Dance’ by Thomas Hardy
21. Dance tunes – Waterloo Dance / Soldier’s Joy
22. Carol – ‘Arise and Hail’ Bundell ms.
23. Carol – ‘Hark, hear what News’, Odcombe carols
24. Reading, ‘The Oxen’ by Thomas Hardy
25. Carol – ‘Come ye Redeemed’, Odcombe carols
26. Carol – ‘Shepherds keeping watch by night’, West Lulworth ms.1857
27. Dance tunes – The King of the Canibal Islands / Taylor Button’s Jigg (reprise)
Listen to some tracks from the CD:
Dance Tunes: King of the Cannibal Islands 881Kb (56secs)
Psalm 133NV: New Sabbath 661Kb (42secs)
Odcombe Carol: Come ye Redeemed 518Kb (33secs)
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