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🎤 Lyrics: “Why Werburgh?”
The mystery of St Werburgh's name in a Devon church, she was Mercian?!?!
[Verse 1]
No crown was worn on Devon ground,
No Mercian court came wandering down.
But someone chose her name to stay,
Carved in the stone above our nave.
A saint from lands we’ve never known
And still her name is on our own.
[Verse 2]
She ruled the cloisters, taught the way,
And led the flocks that went astray.
One tale says a goose was raised,
From death to life, a sign of grace.
But here, no feathered signs remain,
Just sea wind tapping on the pane.
[Chorus]
Why Werburgh? Why this place?
Why her name in this quiet space?
No scrolls to read, no lines to trace
Just the echo of some lost embrace.
Still the bells ring on each year
And we remember she was here.
[Verse 3]
Her shrine was smashed, her bones were gone,
But stories rise where faith holds on.
No geese in glass, no saintly dome
Just windswept grass and weathered stone.
A mystery the ages keep
Still singing while the answers sleep.
Why Werburgh? Why this place?
Why her name in this quiet space?
No scrolls to read, no lines to trace
Just the echo of some lost embrace.
Still the bells ring on each year
And we remember she was here.