Released in 1991

War - Mother and Father Holding Their Child

Written by Paul McCartney • Carl Davis

Album This song officially appears on the Liverpool Oratorio Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1991

Master album

Liverpool Oratorio
By Paul McCartney

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“Mother and Father Holding Their Child” is a track from Paul McCartney and Carl Davis’s 1991 classical piece “Liverpool Oratorio“. This is the fifth track of the first movement entitled “WAR”:

WAR. 1942. A world at war. Sirens sound as bombs fall over Liverpool and despairing couples shelter underground. Amid the blaze and the chaos of an air raid, a child is born. And there is hope.
Description of the WAR Movement – liner notes

Lyrics

CHORUS

Mother and father holding their child,

Not knowing what future magic lies inside.

We open our hearts,

You open the door

To peace and happiness for evermore,

For us for evermore.

Officially appears on

Liverpool Oratorio
Official album • Released in 1991
1:16 • Live • L1
Paul McCartney : Executive producer Eddie Klein : Additional engineer John Timperley : Balance engineer Carl Davis : Orchestra conductor Peter Mew : Additional engineer, Editor John Fraser : Producer Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra : Orchestra Nic Raine : Assistant to carl davis Martin Astle : Additional engineer Tom Leader : Additional engineer, Editor Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir : Choir Choristers of Liverpool Cathedral : Choir Ian Tracey : Chorus master and master of the choriste
Concert From the concert in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Jun 28, 1991
Selections from Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
Official album • Released in 1992
1:16 • Live • L1
Paul McCartney : Executive producer Eddie Klein : Additional engineer John Timperley : Balance engineer Carl Davis : Orchestra conductor Peter Mew : Additional engineer, Editor John Fraser : Producer Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra : Orchestra Nic Raine : Assistant to carl davis Martin Astle : Additional engineer Tom Leader : Additional engineer, Editor Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir : Choir Choristers of Liverpool Cathedral : Choir Ian Tracey : Chorus master and master of the choriste
Concert From the concert in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Jun 28, 1991

Live performances

“War - Mother and Father Holding Their Child” has been played in 2 concerts.

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Latest concerts where “War - Mother and Father Holding Their Child” has been played

Liverpool • Liverpool Cathedral • United Kingdom
Jun 29, 1991 • Part of Liverpool Oratorio
Liverpool • Liverpool Cathedral • United Kingdom
Jun 28, 1991 • Part of Liverpool Oratorio

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