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Heron

Make as many words as you can from the letters of a nine-letter word, making sure you use the highlighted letter. Can you beat our score?
© Sylvia Duckworth, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0. Source

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A grey heron on the margins of West Loch Tarbert in Scotland.

Heron

Make words using the letters shown in the grid. Your words should be four or more letters in length. All your words must include the highlighted letter in the centre. Tap on any letter to use it for your word.

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chin coin cone core corn echo gone grin grit heir hero hint hire horn inch into iron itch nice note once rein rent rice rich ring riot then thin tier tire tore torn choir chore eight heron hinge night north notch other reign right their thing thorn tiger tinge tonic torch cogent cringe enrich heroic ignore notice region throne throng trench
cent cert chin chine chit choir chore cine cite cogent cohering coin coir cone conger core corgi coring corn cornet cote cretin cringe crone echo echoing eight enrich ergo erotic etch etching ethic ethnic gent giro girt girth gite goer goiter goitre gone goner gore goth grin grit groin hector hectoring heir hero heroic heroin heron hinge hint hire hoeing hone horn hornet icon ignore inch inert ingot inter into intro iron itch negro neigh nice nicer niche nigh night nitre nori north notch note notice ochre ogre once orient other otic recon recto region reign rein rent retch retching rhino rice rich right righto ring riot rite rote tech techno tench tenor tern their then thin thine thing thong thorn thrice throne throng tier tiger tine ting tinge tire toeing tone toner tonic tonier torch torching tore torn trench trice trig trio

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Irish Suite

2. The Minstrel Boy

Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)

Performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin.

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I’ve used this music with:

‘Kings in Our Own Right’ The Grandest of All Sepulchres

Transcript / Notes

The Minstrel Boy

The Minstrel-Boy to the war is gone,
In the ranks of death you’ll find him;
His father’s sword he has girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him.
“Land of song!” said the warrior-bard,
“Tho’ all the world betrays thee,
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee!”

The Minstrel fell!—but the foeman’s chain
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov’d ne’er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder;
And said, “No chains shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and bravery!
Thy songs were made for the pure and free,
They shall never sound in slavery.”

In the film The Man Who Would Be King (1975) the tune is set to the words of the following hymn by Reginald Heber (1783-1826), Bishop of Calcutta, and is sung by Dan Dravot as he goes to his death. In the original story by Rudyard Kipling (1888), the hymn is sung (without any indication of the tune) by Dan’s friend Peachey Carnehan right at the end of the tale as he is going mad, as if it has meant something to him for a long time.

THE Son of God goes forth to war,
a kingly crown to gain;
his blood red banner streams afar:
who follows in his train?
Who best can drink his cup of woe,
triumphant over pain,
who patient bears his cross below,
he follows in his train.

That martyr first [St Stephen], whose eagle eye
could pierce beyond the grave;
who saw his Master in the sky,
and called on him to save.
Like him, with pardon on his tongue,
in midst of mortal pain,
he prayed for them that did the wrong:
who follows in his train?

A glorious band [the Apostles], the chosen few
on whom the Spirit came;
twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew,
and mocked the cross and flame.
They met the tyrant’s brandished steel,
the lion’s gory mane;
they bowed their heads the death to feel:
who follows in their train?

A noble army, men and boys,
the matron and the maid,
around the Saviour’s throne rejoice,
in robes of light arrayed.
They climbed the steep ascent of heaven,
through peril, toil and pain;
O God, to us may grace be given,
to follow in their train.

Rejoice in the Lord Alway

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Performed by Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent.

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The Servants of One Master A New Year’s Resolution

Transcript / Notes

REJOICE in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:4-7.

Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra

Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884)

Howard Shelley with the London Mozart Players and Angela Malsbury (Clarinet).

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I’ve used this music with:

The Lion and the Mouse Music at Midnight

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