Meet Me in the Green Glen (2024)

SSAATTBB + Soprano Solo

Text by John Clare

Meet me in the Green Glen premiered by the University of Aberdeen Chamber Choir on the 25th of May 2025 in St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Aberdeen

Love, meet me in the green glen,

Beside the tall elm-tree,

Where the sweetbriar smells so sweet agen;

There come with me.

Meet me in the green glen.

Meet me at the sunset

Down in the green glen,

Where we’ve often met

By hawthorn-tree and foxes’ den,

Meet me in the green glen.

Meet me in the green glen,

By sweetbriar bushes there;

Meet me by your own sen,

Where the wild thyme blossoms fair.

Meet me in the green glen.

Meet me by the sweetbriar,

By the mole-hill swelling there;

When the west glows like a fire

God’s crimson bed is there.

Meet me in the green glen.

‘Meet Me in the Green Glen’ was written to be a pleasant wee piece to contrast my usual melancholy activities. It was premiered in May 2025 by the University of Aberdeen Chamber Choir, of which I was a part! I am very grateful to have had the chance to share this piece with the choir and the audience.