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Following Jack's death, Bill sings a song inspired by Jack’s Epitaph, which is engraved on the headstone in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Spofforth.
lyrics
Here Lies John Metcalf
(Lyrics based on John Metcalfe’s Epitaph & Music: Tim Hunter)
"Here lies John Metcalf, one whose infant sight
Felt the dark pressure of an endless night;
Yet such the fervour of his dauntless mind,
His limbs full strung, his spirits unconfined,
Here lies John Metcalf, Here lies John Metcalf
That, long ere yet life’s bolder years began,
The sightless efforts mark’d th’ aspiring man;
Nor mark’d in vain—high deeds his manhood dared,
And commerce, travel, both his ardour shared.
’Twas his a guide’s unerring aid to lend—
O’er trackless wastes to bid new roads extend;
Here lies John Metcalf, Here lies John Metcalf
And, when rebellion reared her giant size,
’Twas his to burn with patriot enterprise;
For parting wife and babes, one pang to feel,
Then welcome danger for his country’s weal.
Reader, like him, exert thy utmost talent given!
Reader, like him, adore the bounteous hand of Heaven.
Here lies John Metcalf, Here lies John Metcalf
Here lies John Metcalf, Here lies John Metcalf
Bill: Jack was our inspiration, The Inspiration to win.
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