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from Compositions by Fiona Gavin
After writing this tune I decided to call it the ‘Nun in the Forest’ after an encounter me and my Dad had. We were driving to our neighbour Jimmy Campbell to show him a duckling, and on our way we passed a nun standing by the road in the forest in full habit – and in her hand a mobile phone.