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"All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well" ~Julian of Norwich

(from Julian of Norwich group on FB)

(amazing, the range of topics for FB groups and pages...)

(and thanks to debriswoman, for mentioning this quote a while back)
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Added from elenbarathi's comment, with thanks:



Artist: Unknown
Song Title: Julian Of Norwich

JULIAN OF NORWICH
(Sydney Carter)

(G) G - G C G / G - G C G

Loud are the bells of Norwich and the people come and go.
Here by the tower of Julian, I tell them what I know.

C G D - / G C D G

Ring out, bells of Norwich, and let the winter come and go
All shell be well again, I know.

Love, like the yellow daffodil, is coming through the snow.
Love, like the yellow daffodil, is Lord of all I know.

CHORUS

Ring for the yellow daffodil, the flower in the snow.
Ring for the yellow daffodil, and tell them what I know.

CHORUS

All shall be well, I'm telling you, let the winter come and go
All shall be well again, I know.

Loud are the bells of Norwich and the people come and go.
Here by the tower of Julian, I tell them what I know.

CHORUS

All shall be well, I'm telling you, let the winter come and go
All shall be well again, I know.

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By Sydney Carter
Copyright Stainer & Bell, Ltd.
On "All Shall Be Well Again", FSI-96
According to Carter, Julian lived at about the time of Chaucer,
in a cell (she was a hermit and a mystic) in what is now the
Chapel of Julian in Norwich, England. According to my differing
sources, Julian spoke to her God in a vision, asking why evil was
necessary in the world. The answer she got wat that it was
indeed necessary, but that "All will be well; all manner of
things shall be well." (Loosely remembered.) That, then, became
her message, and she apparently brought peace to the troubles of
her area at one time by repeating that message.