Today, 19:30 on BBC Four – The Prince and the Composer: A Film about Hubert Parry by HRH The Prince of Wales:
Sir Hubert Parry is simultaneously one of Britain’s best-known and least-known composers. Jerusalem is almost a national song, regularly performed at rugby grounds, schools, Women’s Institute meetings and the Last Night of the Proms, while Dear Lord and Father of Mankind is one of Britain’s best-loved hymns.
J’avons des vèrsions Jèrriaises des patholes dé Jérusalem et Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, pouor les cheins tchi sont întérêssis….
We have Jèrriais versions of the words of Jerusalem and Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, if anyone wants to take it further…