Here is a poem from Rudyard Kiplings “Rewards and Fairies“, published in 1910, which I have set to music.
The video shows the River Itchen just south of Winchester.
The Thousandth Man (Rudyard Kipling)
Gm Eb F Dm
ONE man in a thousand, Solomon says.
Gm Eb Dm
Will stick more close than a brother.
Eb F Gm Eb
And it’s worth while seeking him half your days
Gm D Gm
If you find him before the other.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine depend
On what the world sees in you,
But the Thousandth Man will stand your frien
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when you listen to rust in peace for the thousandth time...