CHESTER #21: IN A CREATIVE MOOD

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The 21^st Cursillo weekend, held at Savio House proved to be quite creative in many respects: two of the tables felt led into 'performing' the following, erm, well... these.

The table of Hugh of Lincoln produced a slightly modified version of Psalm 121 (and they sung it beautifully with a proper Anglican chant):

1: I will lift up my eyes ^| unto the ^| hills:
But that's about as ^| far as ^| it ^| went.
2: We came here ^| expecting a ^| rest:
But shall return home utt^|erly ^| cream^|crackered.
3: The timetable hath been an interesting ^| work of ^| fiction:
Day and night became ^| one ^| in the eyes ^| of our Rector.
4: We arrived burdened ^| with heavy ^| hearts:
But 'Ultreyaed' with ^| joy and ^| heavy ^| tums.
5: Copious lectures assa^|ulted our ^| ears:
and multiple art works were ^| forméd by ^| our ^| fingers.
6: But the Lord laughed with us and ^| warmed us with ^| his love:
He will protect our going out and our coming in from ^| this time forth ^| for ever^|more.

The table of David of Wales came up with a song, sung to the tune of 'The Cambridge Boat Song' (or is it the 'Eaton Boating Song'? The one that goes: "Lovely boating weather...") and sung with four parts (numbers in square brackets indicate whose part):

1: ^[1,2,3]We are three young ladies
All of us most devout.
We all enjoy religion,
Without a shadow of doubt.
There's only one church in the village
So to the same church we all go,
Although our views are different
^[3]Medium, ^[1]High ^[2]and Low.
2: ^[1]I'm Anglocatholica:
I like my churches high.
With clouds and clouds of incense,
Ascending to the sky.
I call my vicar 'Father,'
And love to genuflect.
And watch the ceremonial:
To see that it's all correct.
3: ^[2]I am evangelica:
I never smoke or drink.
I always read my bible,
It tells me what to think.
I don't have to worry,
'cos every word is true.
I know I'm saved---Alleluia!
But think friend, what about you?
4: ^[3]I am mediocre:
I know what I like.
I'm no fundamentalist
And I'm certainly not a spike!
I always go to Matins,
and sometimes to Evensong.
And I like a rousing sermon:
Provided its not too long.
5: ^[1,2,3]We're going to have a new vicar:
We hope that he will be
^[1]Catholic--- ^[2]Evangelical--- ^[3]Ordinary ^[1,2,3]just like me.
We hope he will be Handsome,
O wouldn't it just be nice---
Rewarding---a vocation:
To be a vicar's wife.
6: ^[4]I am the new vicar,
My husband's in the car:
With all our 15 children,
Goldfish and budgerigar.
How pleased I am to meet you
I'm sure you're all most devout,
And I'd like to start tomorrow:
By cleaning the churchyard out!
7: ^[1,2,3]Oooooh! What a catastrophe!
Whatever shall we do?
We really think it's our duty
To go somewhere else, don't you?
^[1]It's only a tuppenny busride
I think I'll go off to Rome.
^[2]I'll join the Salvation Army.
^[3]And I'll just stay at home.

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