IN DERBY CATHEDRAL
Words and music by Sarah McQuaid
Recorded on The Plum Tree and The Rose (2012), The St Buryan Sessions (2021)
In Derby Cathedral
I read through the names on the wall
And I think of them all
I think of them all
Say a prayer for the souls of the faithful departed
Who’ve walked through these halls
Say a prayer for them all
Say a prayer for them all
So many who laboured
To praise their creator
With towers of glass, wood and stone
Where I wander alone
Soul, flesh and bone
In Derby Cathedral
It’s peaceful, but not in my mind
No peace can I find
No peace can I find
So many people
In Derby Cathedral
Soul, flesh and bone
Glass, wood and stone
In Derby Cathedral
I read through the names on the wall
And I think of them all
I think of them all
So many people
In Derby Cathedral
Soul, flesh and bone
Glass, wood and stone
In Derby Cathedral
I found my last home
My soul free to roam
My name carved in stone
Listen to the bells
Ringing out for me
