Let The Lower Lights Be Burning

Brightly beams our Father’s mercy,

From His lighthouse evermore,

But to us He gives the keeping

Of the lights along the shore.

Let the lower lights be burning!
Send a gleam across the wave!
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman
You may rescue, you may save.

Dark the night of sin has settled,

Loud the angry billows roar;

Eager eyes are watching, longing,

For the lights along the shore.

Let the lower lights be burning...

Trim your feeble lamp, my brother;

Some poor sailor, tempest-tossed,

Trying now to make the harbour,

In the darkness may be lost.

Let the lower lights be burning...

Let The Lower Lights Be Burning

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In common with most male voice choirs our repertoire is very broad and takes in music from the classics, the shows, sacred songs and pop songs along with music from Cornwall’s own choral heritage and new compositions. We don’t shy away from tackling some complex arrangements, that challenge us both musically and linguistically.

But to give you one example of “our sound” we’ve come back to a piece that we’re frequently asked for as an encore. It’s firmly in our roots and reminds both us and our audiences very powerfully that we are a choir of a working fishing village...

OUR SOUND