All Will Be Well

Barnhouse wrote this song as a dialog between a person concerned about the state of the world & the medieval mystic Julian of Norwich. Julian's words also form the basis of Sydney Carter's song "Julian of Norwich". 

Julian was a early 15th century medieval mystic who lived as an anchoress in cloistered cell in a corner of St Julian's Churh in Norwich, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich  Her writings are the first known surviving writings in English by a woman.

I said “Julian, you are holy, you are holding my hand”  (2x)
Em Am -  CD / Em Am - Em ://
She said "All will be well & all will be well 
All manner of things will be well"
G  D  C G  / -  D C Em

I said "Julian, do you not know, do you not know about sorrow?” (4x)
(substitute: pain, hunger, shame)
Em Am -  CD / Em Am - Em :// 4x
She said "All will be well, and all will be well 
All manner of things will be well"
G  D  C G  / -  D C Em

I said "Julian, do you not know, do you not know about loneliness?” (3x)
(disease, cruelty)
I said "Julian, it's too much: It brought me to my knees"
She said "All will be well..."

She said, "No one does not know, does not know about sorrow” (4x)
(pain, hunger, shame)
She said "All will be well..."

She said, "No one does not know, does not know about loneliness” (3x)
(substitute: disease, cruelty)
She said “I know, it's too much.”  It brought me to my knees, where I heard:
"All will be well..."

I said "Julian, you are holy, you are holding my hand” (2x)
And she said "All will be well..."

She said, "Dear one*, do you not know, do you not know about tenderness? (3x)
(friends, the Spirit)
She said "Dear one, do you not know, it’s only love that never ends?
And so all will be well...

[*orig. "Baby girl". One artist sings as "Sweet pea"]

- lyrics & music by Meg Barnhouse
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As recorded on her "Mango Thoughts in a Meatloaf Town" album