By Mumford & Sons (Marcus Oliver Johnstone Mumford, Winston Aubrey Aladar Marshall, Benjamin Walter David Lovett, Edward James Milton Dwane)
Soloist: Will Robertson
At CBH, we make something of an art of incorporating secular songs into sacred contexts, thoughtfully setting them up so they naturally cross over to become part of the liturgy. This one we sing at Rosh Hashanah, in the season of atonement: “I’m sorry…” Mumford & Sons loosely based their “Sigh No More” on a song from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, “Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more.” Who knows what tune Shakespeare had in mind!
lyrics
Serve God, love me and mend
This is not the end
Live unbruised, we are friends
I’m sorry, I’m sorry
Sigh no more, no more
One foot in sea, one on shore
My heart was never pure
You know me, you know me
And man is a funny thing
Oh man is a funny thing
Love, it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you, it will set you free
Be more like the one you were made to be
There is a design, an alignment, a cry of my heart to see
The beauty of love as it was made to be
It is awakening, moving, and thought/action provoking. Thank you for holding out the messages in these melodies. The album is guided my awareness towards a deep way of living. ctrammell2020
This work is a reflection of the considerate loving kindness of the composers.
I was fortunate to have been a choir student of Rebekka Goldsmith.
Rob Duyungan
Originally sung by Holocaust survivors in Yiddish, Polish and French, this moving album is now available in a gorgeous LP package. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 11, 2022
It is rich in women's energy, deeply felt sounds of womb energy. A beautiful expression of the best of women in the Jewish hera-tage! Chana Raskin moves my soul, an Irish soul have I! Morgana Morgaine mollymaven