DROP, DROP, SLOW TEARS – The Vampire's Wife

I love this piece of English choral music from the choir at St. John's College, Cambridge. Such a haunting arrangement from William Walton, the words falling like the very tears they sing about. So beautiful. Love Susie. x

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66uWZ4-DAps

Drop, Drop, Slow Tears

Drop, drop, slow tears

And bathe those beauteous feet

Which brought from Heaven

The news and Prince of Peace

Cease not, wet eyes

His mercies to entreat

To cry for vengeance

Sin doth never cease

In your deep floods

Drown all my faults and fears

Nor let His eye

See sin, but through my tears

THE CARNIVAL IS OVER

I have just a simple song for you all from 1967, all the way from Australia (where my husband is), by The Seekers. I love this song, melancholy but so stirring, and Judith Durham, dressed in what looks like something from the archives of The Vampire’s Wife, is so touching. It is a song full of tears about the end of things and love’s enduring presence. We adore this song here at The Vampire’s Wife.

TIME AFTER TIME, LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT

Look at this heart-breaking piece of film of Little Jimmy Scott singing Time After Time and giving his thoughts on what a song is meant to be. He is a vast talent and a beautiful man; we met him at my husband’s Meltdown Festival in London in 1999.

TO DIE BY YOUR SIDE

I heard this wonderful version of The Smiths classic song "There is a Light That Never Goes Out" by the brilliantly ebullient Dum Dum Girls on the DJ Lonny’s amazing Cover to Cover on Radio Lewes this week. What a great show! What a superb song! What a joyful cover! ‘To die by your side is pleasure and a privilege’ indeed!