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I kneel down by the door,
Near the window, my head on the floor.
I need to see beyond the grates,
And watch the pigeons wheel.

I shake as I take my tea,
Someone I don't know myself to be.
A warble of prayers unheard,
I'm escorted down the hall.

My name,
My name is Sister Ursuline.
My name is Sister Ursuline.

Vestige of a life unknown,
There is one thing I still call my own.
Surrounding a sacred heart –
My moulding rosary.

My name,
My name is Sister Ursuline.
My name is Sister Ursuline.

A dove descends from the sky,
Pausing to smooth his tie.
He tells me I look well.
I am well,
I lived at 140 West 64th Street.
I am well,
I am well.
No, I lived with the Sisters of the Sick Poor in North Dakota.
I am well,
I am well.
I had an operation for gallstones one and one half years ago.
I am well,
I am well.
My name is Sister Marie Ursuline and I seek dispensation.
I am well,
I am well,
I am well.

My name,
My name is Sister Ursuline.
My name is Sister Ursuline.

My name was Sister Ursuline.

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from Dramatic, Grim and Humorous, released September 15, 2015
Cello, vocals: Sister Ursuline

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Sister Ursuline Sydney, Australia

Sister Ursuline is a Sydney-based singer-songwriter and cellist. Sonic historian and “found-object artist of musical influences,” she draws on historical sources and folk stories to create otherworldly narrative songs: asylum-bound nuns, shape-shifting witches and iron-willed aristocrats inhabit “echoing, off-kilter tale[s]… of madness, illness, obsession and suffering…” ... more

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