Nancy Kerr 2014
Shortly after she released it, a preeminent online cricket website was describing a boring fourth day of a long cricket match and said: “as Nancy Kerr said in ‘Now is the Time’, ‘Now is that blessed moment'”. She has no idea who the writer was. Kerr jokes that was her peak, being quoted on this cricket website.
Nancy Kerr: https://nancykerr.bandcamp.com/track/now-is-the-time
https://nancykerr.bandcamp.com/track/now-is-the-time
Chorus: Now is the time, now is that blessed moment Now is the breath of life sent in turn to weather a gathering rhyme Be bold and kind, farewell my old discontent Just ask the heavens’ consent to burn and turn cold days to fine City of souls blown by the breath of old lovers Where death’s cold dances hold prisoners so very unkind Farewell, we sing, dressed in the leavings of others For guests shall plenty bring and turn cold days to fine Happy and poor, is that more foolishness, talking? Will walking Peace’s path preserve your hearth in flame? Scant seed in store brings feathered visitors flocking To sing shall comfort bring, for souls are made the same Sinners, arise and turn your eyes to the waters For nature’s mortal pool shall bathe all fools in brine Be not denied when all sure-footedness falters For earth’s uncertainties have turned our fields to wine