The songs certainly have not made my fortune, but I am still grateful for the royalties when they come in.
About Sydney Carter
Sydney Bertram Carter was an English poet, songwriter, and folk musician who was born in Camden Town, London. He is best known for the song “Lord of the Dance” (1963), whose music is based on the Shaker song “Simple Gifts”, and for the song “The Crow on the Cradle”, which was recorded by Jackson Browne and used on the soundtrack to the movie In the King of Prussia and No Nukes: The Muse Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future.
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Faith is more basic than language or theology.
British musician and poet
Faith is the response to something which is calling us from the timeless part of our reality.
British musician and poet
I see Christ as the incarnation of the piper who is calling us. He dances that shape and pattern which is at the heart of our reality.
British musician and poet
Scriptures and creeds may come to seem incredible, but faith will still go dancing on.
British musician and poet
Faith may be encouraged by what has happened in the past, or what is thought to have happened in the past, but the only proof of it is in the future.
British musician and poet
The songs certainly have not made my fortune, but I am still grateful for the royalties when they come in.
British musician and poet