Leyland Kirby's copy of the St. Luke Passion is very unique. Although you can find many performances online, his version is unique in that it is in English. It was pressed by the Eroica Pressing Company. Only 50 copies remain in existence. Below you can find a recontruction by me, using various songs by Leyland to recreate it in full. Lyrics are below.
The reconstruction of his copy.
Lord, beholding
Thy dread Passion
Borne for us for our salvation
We adore Thee on the tree (We adore Thee on the tree)
We adore Thee
We adore Thee on the tree
Sin and sorrow here find healing
Sin and sorrow here find healing
Lord, Lord
Thy wonderous love revealing
(Grant us peace, O) Grant us peace and life with Thee
Grant us peace and life with Thee, life with Thee
Now the feast of unleaven'd bread drew nigh
Which is called the Passover
And the chief priests and the scribes consulted
Seeking how they might kill Him
For they feared the people
Then Satan entered into Judas
Whose surname Iscariot
Being of the number of the twelve
And he went and commun'd with the chief priests and with the captains
How he might betray Him unto them
And they were glad and covenanted to give him money
And he promised, and sought opportunity
And betray Him unto them in the absence of the multitude
To Save Our Souls
From bitter shame and mourning
Thou dearest lord base treachery and scorning
From lure of gain or gold
Save us we pray to thee
Least we betray thee
And Jesus Came Out
And went as he was warned to the mount of Olives
And his disciples also followed him
And when he was at the place he said onto them
“Pray thee that thee enter not into temptation”
Lead Us Not Into Temptation
but deliver us from evil
And While He Yet Spake
They all the multitude
And he that was called Judas
One of the 12 went before them
And drew near onto Jesus to kiss him
But Jesus said onto him
“Judas, betrayed thou the son of man with a kiss”
Forgive Us Lord Our Thespasses
as we forgive them that trespass against us
Then Jesus Said Onto The Chief Priests
And the captains of the temple
And the elders which were a come to him
“Thee come out as against thou brother
with swords and with stakes to take me
when I was daily with you in the temple
Yee stretched forth your hands against me
But this is your hour
And the power of darkness”
And took him they did
And embedded him
And brought him into the high priests house
And Peter followed upon forth
[Instrumental Break]
And The Men That Held Jesus
Mocked him and smart him
And when they had blindfolded him
They struck him on the face
And asked him in saying
Prophecy Who Is He
Who is he who is he
Prophecy who is that on the wrong Prophecy
Prophecy is that on wrong prophecy
That prophecy is wrong
They lie, prophecy, what is prophecy
And Many Other Things Spake They against him reviding him
And as soon as it was day the errors of the people assembled
For the chief priests and scribes together
And led him away into their castle, singing
Art Thou The Christ x14
But He Said Unto Them
“If I tell you, he will not believe
And if I ask you, he will not answer me
Nor will he let me go
But from henceforth, shall the son of man be seated
And of light and the power of God”
Then said them all:
Art Thou The Son Of God? X6
Art thou the son?
And He Said Unto Them
“Thee say that I am”
Then said the elders
What?
What Need We Further Witness x3
For the witness
We are saved, oh yes we are saved, oh yes the witness are gone
What?
What Need We Further Witness
Oh witnesses you are saved x2
Oh Jesus witnesses we are all
And The Whole Company of them are loose
And lead him onto Pilate
And they began to accuse him, saying
We Have Found This Man times 3
Now we are gone x2
The fantasy
The Fantasy is gone
And seeing the self is helpless
This help is needed
Say hey it’s fantasy
And Pilate Asked Him and said
“Aren’t thou the king of the jews?”
And he answered him
“Thou say yes”
Christ Our Savoir of him
We have faith dreams
Look at the mount of Olives
If he wants mercy
Look at the light and see
And the war he
If he warned to the harm of you
And Pilate Said to the chief priests and the multitude
“I find the whole existent”
But they were the more urgent, and answered
He Stirreth Up The Nation x2
He stirreth us all x2
He devices us all for today
He gave us the fantasy x2
He gave us the fantasy of prophecies
The Lamb Is Dumb before His shearer
In patient love His lips are sealed x2
In patient love His lips are sealed, in love
In patient love His lips are sealed
O teach us Lord, all wrath for bearing
Thy calm endurance
Thy calm endurance meekly sharing
For malice nought but love to yield x2
And Pilate, when he had crewed together the chief priests and the woman and the people
Spake to them saying
“Ye had brought this man to me
As wild as the heard of the people
And behond thy I have exempted him before you
And have answered all here before this mess
Touching these things, where all the accused is
Go north to heaven, for he sent him there unto us
And behold nothing but ear of death
And being done by him
I will therefore chastise him
And with these things”
For he was a necessity released unto them at the feast
And they cry out all at once and said
Away With This Man x6
Unto us
And Pilate Spake Onto Them yet again
Desiring to release Jesus
But they all shorted saying
Crucify Him x10
And Pilate Said The Third Time unto them
“Why all art eager at this man now?
I have tried him and have found no cause of debt in him.
I will therefore chastise him and release him.”
But they were of eastern benign voices
Decrying that he might be crucified
And the voices of them and of the chief priests, belated
And Pilate he sent us that he should be as they were crowded
And he released him that was an addition and murder was casted into prisoned who they had desired
But Jesus he delivered up to their heel
And As They Lead Him Away
They laid hold on high
Simon of the leader carving from the country
And on him they laid the cross
That he might bare it after Jesus
And they were also to father
Malefactors put with him, to be crucified with him
And then they came to the place
Which is called Calvary, then they crucified him, and the malefactors with him
While on the right hand and the other on the left
Then Jesus said
“Oh thou forgive him, while they know not what they do”
And Parting His Garments among them, that cast not
And the people stood beholding
And the rulers also with them derided him and said
He Hath Saved Others x4
And The Soldiers Also Mocked Him
Come to him and offering him vinegar and saying
If Thou The King Of Judah x4
And A Superscription also was written over him
In letters of Greek and of Latin and in characters of Hebrew
This is the king of the jews, yes it is the king of the jews
O Sacred Head to ruin him
He holded close to his soul
(10 unknown unique lines)
One Of The Malefactors also, which were crucified with him
Pray that on him and said
“If thou be the christ, then save they self from us”
But the others answering, looking at him and said
“This not be from us, but it not, seeing thou aren’t in the same clubbing nation
And being him with justice, for we received the war of the thiefs
But this been have done nothing with him”
And he said unto Jesus
“Lord revile him, when thou coming into thy kingdom”
And Jesus said unto him
“Hell really I am say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me, when heaven dies”
And It Was About The Sixth Hour and a darkness came all over the land until the light died
And the light of the sun was darkened and the veil of the temple was red in the mist
And when jesus had cried with the loud boys, he said
“Oh thou, into they hands, I commend my spirit”
And having said thus, he give up the loose
Dear Lord Beneath Thy Cross I Bow
Never will him by thy saviour now…
And I told him he’s here
Oh thy my cross, this will be to be life with him, forever
O Jesu Christ
Thy Cross doth call me
O Jesu Christ
Thy Cross doth call me
For thou did'st give
Thy life for mine
Thou did'st give
Thy life, for mine
O Jesu Christ
Thy Cross doth call me
For Thou did'st give
Thy life for mine
Jesu Christ, Jesu Christ
O Jesu Christ
Thy Cross doth call me
For Thou did'st give
Thy life for mine
For Thou did'st give
Thy life, for mine
Thy Sacred Heart
For me is breaking
Thy Sacred Heart
For me is breaking
For Thee my love at last is waking
For Thee, my love is waking
My life for ever more be thine x2
It Is Finished for us
(more unknown lines)
The entirety of side a is used in Deleted Scenes Forgotten Dreams Part 3, and side b is used in Part 4. Most of Part 3 is used in Recollections From Old London Town, and all of part 4 is used in Fact Mix 45. Some parts of part 3 are used in Entanglement Synapse Ache, and this small part is used a lot. Take Care It's A Desert Out There, Post Awareness Confusions 2, one of every song of stage 5, & A Brutal Bliss Beyond This Empty Defeat. The transition of "and as they lead him away" to "and parting his garments" are used in both Mental Caverns Without Sunshine. Dear Lord Beneth Thy Cross I Bow is used in a unreleased song alongside O Jesu Christ, used in Recollections From Old London Town as well as the french video. O Jesu Christ is sampled a lot. In both Friends Past Reunited, Recollections From Old London Town (uses astts version), the aforementioned unreleased song, and most infamously at the end of Place In The World Fades Away, which is used in the Primavera live performance. To Save Our Souls is used in We Cannot Escape The Past, which is used in Sudden Time Regression Into Isolation, A Brutal Bliss Beyond This Empty Defeat, and the Primavera live performance, as well as We Are In The Shadow Of A Distant Fire. And Jesus Came Out + Lead Us Not Into Temptation is used in On The Edge Of Breakdown, which is used in the french live performance, Advanced Plaque Entanglements 1, Sudden Time Regression Into Isolation, Internal Unravel, and the 2019 mix.