Canadian Mennonite
Volume 11, No. 08
April 16, 2007

Lobsang (for the Amish girls)

The New Hope School in Bart Township, Pa., replaces the West Nickel Mines School, which was razed following the shooting of 10 students there on Oct. 2, five of whom died.

Carol Ann Weaver, left, and Rebecca Campbell travelled to Franconia and Lancaster, Pa., last month, where, in the space of three days, they performed eight concerts. Each performance featured Weaver’s Lobsang composed in honour of the five Amish girls who were murdered at their school last October. The concerts were all done in support of the Amish families, with proceeds from Weaver’s new CD, Thistle & Jewel, going to assist the Amish community via Mennonite Central Committee’s Amish School Recovery Fund.

Weep oh sisters

Weep oh brothers

Weep oh fathers

Weep oh mothers

Oh weep for the children

Who have gone before us

Lobsang is a difficult song

When our children are taken away.

Words and music by Carol Ann Weaver, composed Oct. 2, 2006