Saturday, October 06, 2007

My favorite version of Ave Maria --

in English, sung by (the late) Burl Ives --

Lyrics, I only found out 5 mins. ago, based on

Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake --

"Safe may we sleep within thy care
Though banished, outcast and reviled
Oh Maiden hear my humble prayer
Oh Mother, hear a suppliant child --"

Something I am sure all exiles can relate to --

The late Leo Nichols--I met him and his wife once at a dinner party for "Timber friends." I left Burma in 1980s and heard of his death while working at RFA.

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