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The Magdalene C.M.D.

By William Cleary

Key
G minor
Type
Fuging tune
Time signature
4
4
Composed
2020
Text
Charlotte Ann Fillebrown Jerauld, 1860

Text

She cometh to the house of God,
That lone neglected one.
More solitary mid the crowd
Than is the cloistered nun.

And curious eyes are bent on her
When first she takes her seat;
But no kind hand doth welcome her,
No smiles her presence greet.