Tune: SOLAS AN T-SAOGHAIL

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SOLAS AN T-SAOGHAIL

Composer: Alasdair Codona
Published in 2 hymnals

Composer: Alasdair Codona

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Tune Information

Title:	SOLAS AN T-SAOGHAIL
Composer:	Alasdair Codona
Meter:	6.7.6.7 D
Key:	D Major
Copyright:	© Alasdair Codona

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Texts

Forgiveness is your gift

Forgiveness is your gift,
both cleansing and renewing,
to catch us when we drift,
our base desires pursuing;
and hug us back to life
and bring us to a feast
where all will celebrate
the life your love released.

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Notes

The tune was composed in traditional Gaelic style, originally for the text "Christ is the world's true light. It was composed at the request of Polly MacInnes, organist at Kilmore Church of Scotland in Sleat in the Isle of Skye.

Alasdair Codona

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