I recorded the guitar, piano and string parts working alone for a few hours, then invited Holly over to sing the vocal. This, along with Holly's tremendous encouragement and feedback, allowed me to finally finish these lyrics and record the song in time for her aunt's memorial service. Upon reading the original words attributed to Mary Frye, I found the line I am in each lovely thing, which is omitted in the traditional version. Holly's mother sent her an email saying that this poem was her aunt's favorite, and does she know where she could find the complete poem for her memorial service? There it sat for years until Holly's aunt passed away in the Spring of 2003. The original poem, however, does not make a complete song lyric, in my opinion, so I worked a bit on the second stanza, got stuck, and put the song on the back burner. I stumbled across a greeting card many years ago with a popular version of this poem, took it home and immediately set it to music.
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