Here are some examples of my song-writing. More lyrics will be added to this list in due course.
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Beautiful Things
A song about a very full house.
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Canaire
The tale of an Irish saint who crossed many boundaries in her search for new life in Christ.
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Changeable
A song inspired by the weather and the sea, watching and waiting through the changes.
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Crossing Place
A song inspired by the poem ‘Trasna’, by Raphael Consodine PBVM.
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Estren dyworth an Mor (Stranger from the Sea)
A Cornish language song by Pol Hodge and Lizzie Pridmore, re-telling ‘The Pilot’s Ghost Story’, a tale collected by Robert Hunt in Popular Romances of the West of England.
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Grace
Inspired by the bible story told in John 21, this song reflects from Peter’s perspective on the incidents leading up to his meeting with Jesus on the beach following a second miraculous haul of fish.
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Gracey Briney
This song was inspired by press cuttings discovered by a friend about a remarkable woman who lived in Redruth in the 19th century.
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Morgawr
A character study of the legendary sea monster said to dwell in Falmouth Bay, inspired by a book about wisdom by Ignatian writer Margaret Silf.
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Rock
A song about seeking God in different places, drawing on imagery from the Psalms and set on the Cornish coast.
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St. Boniface
A song telling the story of the patron saint of Devon and Europe, inspired by a trip to his birthplace in Crediton.