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When a Knight Won His Spurs is a children's hymn written by Jan Struthers and set to a folk melody (Stowey) and harmonised by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The hymn first appeared in Songs of Praise in 1931.
The hymn is sometimes performed by folk singers on account of the folk origins of its tune, notably by Martin Simpson during Prom 5 (Folk day - part 2) in the BBC Proms on July 20, 2008.
An up tempo version can be found on Blyth Power's 1990 album Alnwick and Tyne.




Lyrics


The lyrics in their original form are:




Recordings



Libera (2004), Free, EMI Classics cat. no. 57823.
Emilia Dalby (2009) "Emilia" Signum Classics cat no. SIGCD 141




Other usage


This hymn was used as part of the poem entitled "Headmaster's Hymn" by Alan Ahlberg in his book entitled Please Mrs Butler. The poem is about the hymn being sung by the school in an assembly, with constant interruption from the headmaster as a few children are misbehaving.




References



Emilia Dalby, Sarum Voices, John Touhey (narrater) City Waites arranged Ben Lamb
Signum Records SIGCD141 2009




External links


Jeffrey Richards (2001). Imperialism and Music. Manchester University Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-7190-6143-1.
Mike Lindup (1990). Features the third verse of the above hymn in the song "Changes" from the album of the same name (Polydor – 843 514-2)
Libera (choir):
2003 – When a Knight Won His Spurs (Temple Church, London; soloist: Ben Crawley). Youtube, 2006.
2005 – When A Knight Won His Spurs (Hever Castle; soloist: Edward Day). LiberaUSA, 2006.
2007 – When a Knight won his Spurs (Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon; soloist: Edward Day). YouTube, 2007.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• When a Knight Won His Spurs
• Jan Struther
• Hever Castle
• Come and Praise
• Temple Church
• Billy Knight
• Prodigal Son (Martin Simpson album)
• Stowey
• Battle of the Golden Spurs
• Bill Nicholson (footballer)