songs taught by Emily Roblyn

Transcription

WILD HARMONY: SONGS WITH EMILY ROBLYN 2013-2016
http://www.emilysinging.com/
http://wildharmony.org.uk/
(NB if using this collection electronically the underlined he adings are hypertext link s to the relevant section)
Rounds and Warm ups (May include songs in other categories below)
Alleluia, Gracia Deo
A Yele mama
Bella Signora
Belle Mama
Cat meditating on a railway track
Dona Nobis
Friends, only love
Jubilate Deo
Kudekukuru
The Rain is coming
African Songs
Famba Naye
Shona Malanga
Singaba hambayo
Siyahamba
Thula Sana
Wimoweh
Yemaya Assessu
Traditional songs
Sumer is icumin in
Scottish & Gaelic songs
Spiritual, Gospel (and Train!) songs
Amazing Grace
Bright Morning Star
Gospel Medley:
Oh When the Saints
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing
Gospel Medley:
Wade in the Water
Motherless Child
I Wanna die easy
Gospel Train
Heaven in My Heart (Nick Prater)
Hold on – Just a little while longer
I can hear a train a-comin'
Peace in our time (Nick Prater)
River of Love (Nick Prater)
River of Jordan
Shine, Shine, Shine
There is so much magnificence
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Troubles of the world
Eastern European songs
Ak’a sire kisho
Other 'World' songs
E malama
Hava Na Shira
Lo yisa goi
Oh So Seo
British Modern and Contemporary songs
Don't Hide your Mojo (Helen Yeomans)
Dream our Dream (Helen Yeomans)
I’ve just seen a face
Sit Down (James)
The Song goes on
Unison in Harmony
We’ve got all the love (Helen Yeomans)
American Modern and Contemporary songs
9 to 5
Baby Just
California Dreamin'
Find the cost of Freedom
Happy Together
Sentimental Journey
We are one (For Each Child that’s Born)
Songs by Emily Roblyn
Christmas Song
Hold you in our love
Home to my Heart
I am the Ocean
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ROUNDS & WARM UPS:
ALLELUIA, GRACIA DEO
http://totalchoirresources.com/w p-content/uploads/2014/01/Alleluia-Gracia-Deo-round.pdf
Alleluia, Alleluia, Gracia Deo
Gracia Deo, Alleluia
Gracia Deo, Alleluia
A YELE MAMA
(South Africa)
A Yele mama Yele oh, A Yele mama Yele oh
BELLA SIGNORA
(Round/ Warm up)
Bella Signora
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BELLE MAMA
(Polynesian Round)
Belle Mama, belle
Belle Mama, belle
Belle Mama, belle
Belle Mama, belle
Mama ay
Mama ay
Mama, belle Mama, belle Mama
Mama ay
Sing up resource:
CAT MEDITATING ON A RAILWAY TRACK
(Three part round)
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A cat meditating on a railway track
Cat ….. You better get…….
You'd better get back
- Don't do that.
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DONA NOBIS PACEM
(Round)
(Latin: 'Give us peace')
Dona nobis pacem, pacem
Dona nobis pacem.
Dona nobis pacem,
Dona nobis pacem.
Dona nobis pacem,
Dona nobis pacem.
No 54 in ‘The King’s Singers Book of Rounds, Canons and Partsongs ’ (2002) Hal Leonard p.49
http://www.music-for-music-teachers.com/dona-nobis-pacem.html
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FRIENDS, ONLY LOVE
(Round)
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Friends, only love can, bring peace
So let us  love, with all our hearts
'Til our days are done
And peace is  won,
'Til peace is won.
Sea Green Singers
http://sgs.lpi.org.uk/seagreensingers/music/friendsonlylovecansucceed. htm
JUBILATE DEO
(Rejoice in God)
Canon (Michael Praetorius (1571-1621))
Jubilate Deo
Jubilate Deo
Alleluia
in ‘Rise up singing: The group singing song book ’ (Sing Out! 1988, 1992, 2004) p.195
and 'Music from Taizé' p.100
No 57 in ‘The King’s Singers Book of Rounds, Canons and Partsongs ’ 2002 Hal Leonard p.53
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KUDEKUKURU
Chant inspired by the music of the people of the central African rainforest
© John Bowker
Each simple part enters in this order:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
Part 5:
Part 6:
Ku-de ku-ku-ru, melody
Mali-ay-o, Mali-o, low
Mali-ay-i-yay-i-yay—iyo, Mali-ay-i-yay-iyo, high
Mali-ay, Mali-ayo, descending
Mali-ay, Mali-ayo, echo of descending Part 4
Mali-ay-lay-iyo, yodel (repeats every other time)
“Whilst not actually a bak a/mbuti piece, this is my attempt to honour the art form/culture/spirit tradition. Meli e
is one of the names given to the spirit of the forest. This chant is a blessing song for the Meli e. It has been
sung many times in ritual retreats to send apologies to the forests and all the creat ures wou nded by human
k ind’s desecration of that magical environment. I would appreciate it if this message could be communicated
to listeners in any performance of this song, either in an introduction or program notes.” – John Bowker
THE RAIN IS COMING
(learned from Black Voices workshop 12/3/2016)
The rain is coming it's about to fall
The rain is coming it's about to fall
About to fall
Bass
'bout to fall
It's about to fall
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AFRICAN SONGS
FAMBA NAYE
(Traditional farewell song from Zimbabwe – in Shona language)
Famba Naye
Famba Naye Nai Baba
Famba Naye
Famba Naye Nai baba x 2
Tinetenda
Tinetenda Nai Baba
Tinetenda
Tinetenda Nai Baba
Mune
Mune
Mune
Mune
Rudo
Rudo Nai Baba
Rudo
Rudo Nai Baba
Famba Naye (famba naye)
Famba Naye Nai Baba (famba naye)
Famba Naye
Famba Naye Nai Baba (famba naye)
(calling in brackets)
Translation:
Famba naye - walk with him/lead him – or go well, fare well
Famba naye nai baba - lead/walk with him oh father/God
Tinetenda - thank you / we are grateful
Mune rudo (Moonay roodoo) - you have love/you are full of love
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SHONA MALANGA
(South African – Zulu)
(Originally sung by domestic servants on their one week day off (Thursday) about their struggle.
It became an anti-apart heid prot est song and is now a song of celebration)
Call:
Shona malanga,
Response
Shona
Shona malanga,
Shona malanga Shona
Shona malanga,
Shona
Shona malanga,
Shona malanga Shona
Ah se si
Dibana, dibana, dibana
Ah se si
Dibana, dibana, dibana
Repeat all above
Yo yo ah
Oh, oh, oh
Oh
Oh, oh, oh
Yo yo
Oh oh a luta continuar!
e.g. http://www.omniglot.com/songs/bcc/shonamalanga.php
Sound file: http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/bcc/sfwl2013/shonamalanga.mp3
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SINGABA HAMBAYO
(South African (Zulu))
Singaba hambayo tina
Singaba hambayo tina
Kulom hlaba
Ke pasi ne kaya e Zul-wi ni
(Sithi) Halleluya, Halleluya, Halleluya, Halleluya,
On earth an army is marching
We’re going home
Our longing bears a song
So sing out strong
With love our hearts are ablazing
For those who roam
And wander far away
Though longing for home
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SINGABA HAMBA YO THINA
Singaba-hamba-yo thina
Singaba hamba yo thina
Kulom hlaba
Kepha si-ne-kha-ya e Zul-wi ni
in ‘Songs from South Africa’ (Colin Harrison)'
and the Lumko songbook)
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SIYAHAMBA
(South African (Zulu))
Siyahamba
Siyahamba
Siyahamba
Siyahamba
'kukhanyen'
'kukhanyen'
'kukhanyen'
'kukhanyen'
kwenkhos',
kwenkhos',
kwenkhos',
kwen-khos',
-Khanyen' kwenkhos',
Siyahamba, hamba,
Siyahamba, hamba,
Siyahamba 'kukhanyen' kwen-khos',
Siyahamba, hamba,
Siyahamba, hamba,
Siyahamba 'kukhanyen' kwenk-hos'.
Translation:
We are marching in the light of God,
We are marching i n the light of,
The light of God,
We are marching, marching,
We are marching in the light of,
The light of God,
We are marching in the light of God
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THULA SANA
(
Zulu lullaby sung by a mother to her child,
as they a wait the return of their husband/father who has gone away to work. )
SAT Thula thu, thula baba,
B
Thula
sana
Thula sana,
B
Thula
sana
Thul' ubab' uzofika,
B
Thula
sana
Eku seni.
B
Thula [sana]
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Kukh’ inkanyezi
Eholel’ ubaba
Imkhanyisela
Indlel’ eyekhaya
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Wo Thula thula
Thula baba
Wo Ungakhali
Thula bo
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X2
X2
X2
Engli sh translation:
Please don’t cry, baby boy
Don’t cry, child
Daddy will be back
In the morning
There is a star
That guides your father
It shines a light
To show him the way home
Hush, hush
Baby boy
Please don’t cry
See 'Big Big Sing' resources at: http://www.bigbigsing.org/songbook/thula-sana/
'Thulu Baba' recorded by the Soweto Gospel Choir (2005) on 'Voices from Heaven'
and on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OCLTEO2t3s
and also by Miriam Makeba
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WIMOWEH / THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
(originally derived from Solomon Linda’s adaptation of a traditional South African (Zulu)
hunting song/chant ‘Mbube’ which evolved into Pete Seeger’s ‘Wimoweh’
and later ‘The lion sleeps tonight’.)
but credited on recordings from 1961 entitled ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ (e.g. ‘The Tokens)
to Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George Weiss.
Way up boys, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh a-wimoweh.
Way up boys, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh a-wimoweh.
Oh, wimoweh
Way up oh, wimoweh a-wimoweh a-wimoweh
In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle, the mighty jungle
Near the village, the peaceful village
Near the village, the peaceful village
Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling
Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling
a-wimoweh a-wimoweh a-wimoweh
Recorded by Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds (1939) (Gallo Records)
Recorded by Pete Seeger (The Weavers/Paul Campbell) on ‘Old Paint’ (1952)
and subsequent recordings including ‘Wimoweh (and Other Songs of Freedom and Protest)’
(Folkways F-31018) (1968) and 'Seeger and Broonzy in Concert' (EXTRA 1006)
Other recordings include Miriam Makeba, Ladysmith Black Mombazo, The Kingston Trio
NB also recorded by The Tokens (1961) and many others as ‘The Lion Sleeps tonight’ depriving Solomon Linda of
royalties and was included in the Disney (1994) film ‘The Lion King’)
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YEMAYA ASSESSU
(inspired by a chant from the Yoruba, Nigeria)
(Deva Premal)
Yemaya Assessu, Assessu yemaya
Yemaya olodo, Olodo yemaya
A celebration of the moment when the river meets the ocean; Yemaya is the goddess of the ocean.
http://devapremalmiten.com/pdfs/essence.pdf
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TRADITIONAL SONGS
SUMER IS ICUMEN IN
(Anon, 13th Century)
Sumer is icumen in
Lhude sing cucu;
Groweth seed and bloweth med and
Springth the wode nu,
Sing cucu.
Awe bleteth after lamb,
Lhouth after calve cu;
Bulloc sterteth, bucke verteth,
Murie sing cucu.
Cucu, cucu.
Wel singes thu cuc-u,
Ne swik thu naver nu.
(No 39 in ‘The King’s Singers Book of Rounds, Canons and Partsongs’ 2002 Hal Leonard
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SCOTTISH & GAELIC SONGS
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SPIRITUAL, GOSPEL (& TRAIN!) SONGS
AMAZING GRACE
Words John Newton (1725–1807)
Amazing Gra - a - ace, How sweet the sound
Saved a soul like me Oo oo oo ooh, Oo oo oo ooh
I once was l – o - st but now I'm found,
Was blind but now I see Oo oo oo ooh, Oo oo oo ooh
When we've been the - ere ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun Oo oo oo ooh, Oo oo oo ooh.
Saved a soul like me Oo oo oo ooh, Oo oo oo ooh
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BRIGHT MORNING STAR
(Traditional – Appalachian – found in Shaker, Baptist and Spiritual songbooks)
[Roud index no 18268]
Bright morning star's a rising
Day is a breaking in my soul
O where are our dear mothers?
They're down in the valley singing
O where are our dear fathers?
They're down in the valley singing
Day is a breaking in my soul
in ‘Rise up singing: The group singing song book ’ (Sing Out! 1988, 1992, 2004) p. 143
Many recordings including: The Young Tradition (1970) Farewell concert at Cecil Sharp House
and on (1999) 'Wak e the Vaulted Echoes: A Celebration of Peter B ellamy' (FRTCD14)
and by Steeleye Span (2004) on 'Winter' (PRK CD74).
NB. There are recordings and written versions with both the plural and singular of 'star'
(ie " Bright shining star's a rising" or "bright shining stars are rising"), however,
Martin Carthy is quoted very emphatically as saying: "'Bright Morning Star' is NOT called 'Bright Morning
Stars'. Absolutely NOT. It IS called 'Bright Morning Star'. English folkies have pluralised it."
Martin Carthy (1999) on notes for 'Wake the Vaulted Echoes' (Peter Bellamy Anthology)
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GOSPEL MEDLEY:
OH WHEN THE SAINTS
SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT
I'M GONNA SING, SING, SING
Oh when the Saints, Oh when the Saints,
Oh when the Saints go marching in
I’m gonna be in that number
When the saints go marching in.
Swing low sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.
I'm gonna sing, sing, sing; I'm gonna dance, dance, dance;
I'm gonna sing, I'm gonna dance, Allelu
When the gates are open wide, I’ll be standing by your side,
I'm gonna sing, I'm gonna dance, Allelu.
see: http://www.singup.org/songbank /song-bank /song-detail/view/136-gospel-medley/
http://www. yout ube.com/ watch?v=FxPOromTmpE
GOSPEL MEDLEY:
WADE IN THE WATER
MOTHERLESS CHILD
I WANNA DIE EASY
Wade in the water,
Wade in the water children,
Wade in the water,
God’s gonna trouble the water.
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child ,
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child ,
A long way from my home.
I wanna
I wanna
I wanna
I wanna
die easy when I die,
die easy when I die,
die easy when I die, shout salvation when I rise
die easy when I die.
see: http://thebirdsings.com/songs/ wade.html
http://www. yout ube.com/ watch?v=aK 8oBhDCVEo
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GOSPEL TRAIN
Come along, my friend come along,
Get on board and ride this train,
Nothing on this train to lose,
Everything to gain.
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[I’M GONNA FIND] HEAVEN IN MY HEART
(Nick Prater)
I’m gonna find heaven in my heart
Woo oo
oo oo oo
Woo oo
oo oo oo
I bin searchin for that promised land,
where the sun shines all around
‘til love came to fetch me and he took my hand
and showed me where that place is found (I’m gonna find it!)
Woo oo
oo oo oo
Woo oo
oo oo oo
Published in ‘Heaven in my Heart’ – Nick Prater
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HOLD ON - JUST A LITTLE WHILE LONGER
Hold on, just a little while longer
Hold on just a little while longer
Hold on just a little while longer
Everything will be all right
Everything will be all right
Learned from 'Black Voices' (South Brent workshop on 11/3/2016)
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I CAN HEAR A TRAIN A COMIN'
Nickomo
Tune:
BTA:
I can hear a train a comin'
Way along the line
Way along the line
Way along the line
Way along the line
I can hear the whistle blowing Ooooh …..
As the rail begins to hum
Humm ….
With a whisper, with a whisper, with a whisper, with a whisper
Of a ---better day gonna come better day gonna come
Way along the line
Way along the line
Way along the line
Way along the line
Humm ….
Of a ----better day gonna come better day gonna come
It's a freedom train a comin'
Way along the line
Way along the line
Way along the line
Way along the line
Humm ….
It's a peace train a comin'
Way along the line
Way along the line
Way along the line
Way along the line
Humm ….
Way along the line
Way along the line
Way along the line
Way along the line
Humm ….
From Alison Burns and Gitika Partingt on (2015) Community Voiceworks
mp3 Audio file:
http://global.oup.com/booksites/fdscontent/booksites/uk/booksites/content/9780193390799/audio/19%20I%2
0can%20hear% 20a% 20train%20a-comin'.mp3
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PEACE IN OUR TIME
(Nick Prater)
Bring us peace in our time O Lord
Bring us peace in our time, let the light of freedom shine
No more hunger in our time etc.
No more war in our time etc.
Published in ‘Heaven in my Heart’ – Nick Prater
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RIVER OF LOVE (Open your heart)
(Nick Prater)
Open your heart and let the river of love flow through
Love is like a river flowing through your heart
Love is like a river let it flow, let it flow,
Let it flow, let it flow.
Love is like a river flowing through your heart
Love is like a river let it flow, let it flow,
Let it flow, let it flow.
Let the river of love flow through.
Recorded by Nick Prater on ‘Everytime I feel the Spirit ’ CD (not in the book )
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THE RIVER OF JORDAN
We stood on the river of Jordan
To see those ships come sailing over,
To see those ships roll by.
Brother you should have been there,
Brother you should have been there
Sister you should have…..
Father you should have…..
Mother you should have…..
People you should have…..
Singers you should have…..
To see those ships roll by….
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SHINE, SHINE, SHINE
(Traditional Gospel / freedom song)
Let your little light shine, shine, shine
Let it shine all night long,
There might be someone down in the valley
Trying to get home.
It could be me or it could be you
It could be your brother or your sister too
There could be someone down in the valley trying to get home
So let your little light shine, shine, shine.
(see also 'Let your little light shine' and 'This little light of mine')
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SO MUCH MAGNIFICENCE
Words Kabir; Music: Deva Premal
Melody: There is so much magnificence
Near the ocean
Waves are coming in
Waves are coming in
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Low:
Waves are coming in
Waves are coming in
Waves are coming in
Waves are coming in
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Halleluja
Halleluja
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High:
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TROUBLES OF THE WORLD
Soon I will be done
With the troubles of the world
Soon I will be done
I'm going home to live with God
[No more weepin' and wailin'
No more weepin' and wailin'
No more weepin' and wailin'
I'm going home to live my Lord]
Soon I will be done
Soon I will be done
I'm going home to live with my Lord
[I want to see my mother
I want to see my mother
I want to see my mother
I'm going home to live with God]
Soon I will be done
Soon I will be done
I'm going home to live with God
Recorded by Mahalia Jackson
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EASTERN EUROPEAN SONGS
AK'A SIRE KISHO
(Georgian)
Ak’a sire kisho
Alma sire kisho da
Korde le xi ni,
Valma dzire kisho da
Dedau, dedau, mevdina - u,
Chkimi tso da
Chkimi tso da
Irogu urisha,
Alamire kisho na
Guma shine ni,
Mangari nenisho na
Chkimi tso da
Chkimi tso da
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OTHER 'WORLD' SONGS
E MALAMA
(Hawaiian Earth Blessing)
(arr. Nickomo)
E malama i ka hay-ee-ow,
E malama i ka hay-ee-ow,
E malama pono i ka hay-ee-ow, Eh
Basses: E malama E, E malama E, E malama,
E malama pono i ka hay-ee-ow, Eh
(Earth and sky, Sea and stone,
Hold this land in sacredness)
Sea Green Singers
http://sgs.lpi.org.uk/seagreensingers/music/ehmalama.htm
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HAVA NA SHIRA
(Round)
(Hebrew: 'Come let us sing a song, Halleluja')
Hava na shira, shire halleluja
Hava na shira, shire halleluja
Hava na shira, shire halleluja
and in ‘Rise up singing: The group singing song book ’ (Sing Out! 1988, 1992, 2004) p. 194
e.g. https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=s3WbYJ336lo
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LO YISA GOI
(Round)
(Hebrew: 'Nation shall not lift up s word to nation nor learn war anymore'
Lo yisa goi el goi cherev,
Lo yil-m'-du od mil-cha-ma;
Lo yil-m'-du od mil-cha-ma.
Lo yil-m'-du od mil-cha-ma;
Lo yil-m'-du od mil-cha-ma.
Isaiah 2:4: And He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuk e many people: and they shall
beat their s words into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hook s: nation s hall
not lift up sword against nation, neit her shall they learn war any more.
See also 'Vine and Fig Tree' in ‘Rise up singing: The group singing song b ook’ (Sing Out! 1988, 1992, 2004) p. 198
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OH SO SEO (O SO SHO)
(Korean)
(Peace song calling for the re-unification of South and North Korea)
('Come prince of peace and bring unit y to my people')
Oh so seo,
Oh so seo,
Pyung wha eh imgum
Iru gya han mom
Iru gya ha so seo
(Manchester Community Choir)
http://manchestercommunitychoir.org.uk/members-area/words-and-sound/o-so-seo-2/
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BRITISH MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SONGS
DON'T HIDE YOUR MOJO
Helen Yeomans
Bass Play me this funky bass line
Play me this funky bass line
Let's hear it
Love, love the way you move me
Break it down and move me
One time
Break it down and move me
One time
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Don't hide your mojo
Let's see you give it up
Don't hide your mojo
Let's see you give it up
Move me
Move me
Sop
Hide, don't hide
Hide, don't hide
Love the way you, way you make me smile
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DREAM OUR DREAM
Helen Yeomans
Soprano: We'll dream our dream together before we go
We'll weave our wish into the stars
We'll dream our dreams together before the sunrise
Alto:
We'll dream our dream before we go
We'll weave our magic
We'll dream before the sunrise
Tenor:
We'll dream our dream before we go away
Weave our magic
We'll dream before the sunrise
Bass:
We'll dream our dream before we go away
We'll dream our dream before the sunrise
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I’VE JUST SEEN A FACE
(John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
I've just seen a face,
I can't forget the time or place where we just met.
She's just the girl for me
And I want all the world to see we've met.
La la la lalala.
Had it been another day
I might have looked the other way
And I'd have never been aware,
But as it is I'll dream of her tonight,
La la la lalala.
Falling, yes I am falling,
And she keeps calling me back again.
I have never known the like of this,
I've been alone and
I have missed things and kept out of sight,
For other girls were never quite like this,
La la la lalala.
I've just seen a face,
I can't forget the time or place where we just met.
She's just the girl for me
And I want all the world to see we've met.
La la la lalala.
Recorded by The Beatles (1965) on ‘Help
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SIT DOWN
(James)
I'll sing myself to sleep
A song from the darkest hour
Secrets I can't keep
Inside of the day
Swing from high to deep
Extremes of sweet and sour
Hope that God exists
I hope I pray
Drawn by the undertow
My life is out of control
I believe this wave will bear my weight
So let it flow
Oh sit down
Sit down next to me
Sit down, down, down, down, down
In sympathy
(X3)
Now I'm relieved to hear
That you've been to some far out places
It's hard to carry on
When you feel all alone
Now I've swung back down again
It's worse than it was before
If I hadn't seen such riches
I could live with being poor
Oh sit down
Sit down next to me
In sympathy
Those who feel the breath of sadness
Sit down next to me
Those who find they're touched by madness
Sit down next to me
Those who find themselves ridiculous
Sit down next to me
Love, in fear, in hate, in tears
Love, in fear, in hate, in tears
Oh sit down
Sit down next to me
In sympathy
(X3)
Oh sit down
Sit down next to me
In sympathy
(X3)
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THE SONG GOES ON
(Words & Music by Mick Ryan)
Oh there are singers that we love as we sing our lives away,
And though we all fall silent in the end,
They will sing with us forever they’ll be singing every day,
When we sing the songs they sang.
Chorus:
For the song goes on, in the songs we sing,
And when one song ends, then another song begins,
So singers who are gone, will be singing once again,
When we sing the songs they sang.
Some are heard by many and some are heard by few,
Someone will remember both the song you sing and you,
When they sing the songs you sang.
Chorus
Refrain:
Sing the chorus [sing the chorus], sing the song, [sing the song],
And the singers gone before us will be singing right along.
Sing the chorus [sing the chorus], and refrain [and refrain],
And the singers gone before us will be singing once again.
We can drive away the silence of the grave that we all fear,
Sing and you’ll be singing with the singers you hold dear,
When you sing the songs they sang.
So if you sing along you bring along the singers who are gone,
Though we all fall silent in the end.
Sing and you’ll be singing both the singer and the song,
When you sing the songs they sang.
Written for Cyril Tawney and recorded by Mick Ryan (2007)
on 'The Song Goes On: Cyril Tawney (1930-2005)' (Ada Rec ordings ADA108CD)
and (with Pete Harris) on 'The Island of Apples' (WGS339CD)
Sung by Mick Ryan at the Memorial Concert for Sarah Morgan 13/04/2014
and at Swindon Folk club: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= wNCR6NR00pU
also recorded by QFTRY and Tom Lewis (2011) on Poles Apart Too 'The Song Goes On'
(Self-Propelled Music. ASM106D)
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UNISON IN HARMONY
(Coope, Boyes and Simpson)
Soaring skywards; leaping sideways
Do or die words cleave the air
Joy and laughter; mornin's after
Raise the rafters, we don't care
If the roof’s beyond repair
Raise the rafters, raise the rafters
Raise the rafters, we don't care
If the roof’s beyond repair
Sisters, brothers, to all others,
Let this be our guiding star
Hearts on fire (but) no messiah
Hear the music from a-far
What we sing is what we are
Hear the music, hear the music
Hear the music from afar
What we sing is what we are.
Over hills and over valleys
Over mountains over seas
Nation shall sing unto nation
Until nations cease to be
Unison in harmony
Until nations, until nations
Unison in harmony
Until nations, until nations
Unison in harmony
Recorded by Coope Boyes and Simpson (1999) on ‘Funny Old World’ (NMCD3)
or see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uoJyPBKHsU
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WE’VE GOT ALL THE LOVE
Helen Yeomans
Bass:
We’ve got all the love, All that we need
We’ve got all that we need
To change our world,
Halleluya,
We got all the love, All that we need,
Blessed be, Ooh ooh.
We’ve got all the friends…
We’ve got all the time…
We’ve got all the love…
Etc.
Helen Yeomans see: http:// www.helenyeomans.co.uk /
Sung by Ploughcapella: https:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=S3l91gcFGco
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AMERICAN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SONGS
9 to 5
Dolly Parton
Verse 1: (Altos)
Tumble outta bed
And I stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition
And yawn and stretch
And try to come to life
Jump in the shower
And the blood starts pumpin'
Out on the street
The traffic starts jumpin'
The folks like me on the job from 9 to 5
Chorus 1:
Workin' 9 to 5,
What a way to make a livin'
Barely gettin' by
It's all takin' and no givin'
They just use your mind
And they never give you credit
No - , No - , No - ,
9 to 5,
for servic e and devotion
You would think that I
Would deserve a fat promotion
Want to move ahead
But the boss won't seem to let me
No - , No - , No - ,
Verse 2: (Altos)
They let you dream
Just to watch 'em shatter
You're just a step
On the boss-man's ladder
But you got dreams
He'll never take away
You're in the same boat
With a lotta your friends
Waitin' for the day your ship'll come in
'N' the tide's gonna turn
And it's all gonna roll your way
Chorus 2:
Workin' 9 to 5,
What a way to make a livin'
Barely gettin' by
It's all takin' and no givin'
They just use your mind
And they never give you credit
No - , No - , No - ,
9 to 5, yeah
They got you where they want you
There's a better life
And you think about it, don't you
It's a rich man's game
No matter what they call it
No - , No - , No - ,
TAB: Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum
(oooo)
(It's a livin')
(oooo)
(It's no givin')
It's enough to drive you crazy
If you let it
(oooo)
(It's devotion)
(oooo)
(Fat promotion)
(oooo)
(I swear sometimes that man is out to get me )
TAB: Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum
(oooo)
(It's a livin')
(oooo)
(It's no givin')
It's enough to drive you crazy
If you let it
(oooo)
(Yeah they got you)
(oooo)
(Oh yeah don't you)
(oooo)
(And you spend your life puttin' money in his wallet )
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BABY JUST
from John Conway
Bass
Baby cares for
My baby cares for
My baby cares for l
My baby cares for only me.
Tenor
Baby just, baby just, baby just cares for
Me ee oo ee.
Alto
Everybody loves my baby ----Baby cares for only me -----.
Soprano
My baby I’d lie for
My pretty baby I’d die for – ‘cos
My baby don’t love nobody but me
I’m so lucky.
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CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’
(John and Michelle Phillips; also arr. Nick Prater)
All the leaves are brown
all the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
and the sky is grey
I went for a walk
I went for a walk
On a winter's day
on a winter's day
I’d be safe and warm
I’d be safe and warm
If I was in L.A.
if I was in L.A.
California dreamin'
California dreamin'
On such a winter's day.
I stepped into a church
stepped into a church
I passed along the way
passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees
got down on my knees
And I pretend to pray
I pretend to pray
You know the preacher likes the cold
preacher likes the cold
He knows I'm gonna stay
knows I'm gonna stay
California dreamin'
California dreamin'
On such a winter's day
(doo doo doo doo doo)
(wah wah wah wah way)
All the leaves are brown
all the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
and the sky is grey
I went for a walk
I went for a walk
On a winter's day
on a winter's day
If I didn't tell her
if I didn't tell her
I could leave today
I could leave today
California dreamin'
California dreamin'
On such a winter's day
California dreamin' On such a winter's day
California dreamin' On such a winter's day
Recorded by ‘The Mamas and the Papas’ (1966)
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FIND THE COST OF FREEDOM
(Stephen Stills)
Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground.
Mother Earth will swallow you
Lay your body down
Recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1971) on Ohio (single) and '4 Way Street'
and on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBIV6PFdyq4
and Crosby & Nash with Dave Gilmour at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRYhUyw9qX0
also by Show of Hands (after 'Crow on the cradle') on 'Cold Cuts ’ (HMCD17 2002) and other albums
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HAPPY TOGETHER
(Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon)
T:
B:
T:
B:
T:
B:
T:
B:
S
T:
B:
S
T:
B:
S
T:
B:
S
T:
B:
Imagine me and you, I do
ba bada, ba bada
dm, dm, dm, dm / dm, dm, dm, dm
I think about you day and night, it's only right
ba bada, ba bada
To think about the one you love and hold them tight
ba bada, ba bada
So happy together
ba bada, ba bada
dm, dm, dm, dm / dm, dm, dm
If I should call you up, invest a dime
call you up
ba bada, ba bada
And you say you belong to me and ease my mind
ease my mind
ba bada, ba bada
Imagine how the world could be, so very fine
very fine
ba bada, ba bada
So happy together
Ah -ba bada, ba bada
dm, dm, dm, dm / dubuda, dubuda, dubuda
Chorus:
I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
For all my life ba, ba
When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue
Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
The only one for me is you, and you for me
So happy together
I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue
Repeat chorus
Recorded by The Turtles (1967) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRCe5L1imxg
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SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
Lyrics: Bud Green; Music: Les Brown and Ben Homer
Gonna take a sentimental journey
Gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey
To renew old memories
Got my bag, I got my reservation
Spent each dime I could afford
Like a child in wild anticipation
Long to hear that: "All aboard!"
Seven, that's the time we leave at – seven
I'll be waiting up for heaven
Counting every mile of railroad track
That takes me back
Never knew my heart could be so yearney
Why did I decide to roam
Gotta take this sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home
Recordings include Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra
52
WE ARE ONE (For Each Child that’s Born)
Dr. Ysaye Marie Barnwell (S weet Honey in the Rock)
Melody: For each child that’s born
A morning star rises
And sings to the universe
Who we are
Middle: For each child that’s born
Stars rise and sing
Who we are
Low:
We are one
We are one
We are one
We are one
For each child that’s born
And sings to the universe
Who we are
We are our grandmothers prayers
we are our grandfathers dreaming
we are the breath of the anc estors
we are the spirit of God
and we are our grandfathers dreaming
we are the breath of the anc estors
we are the spirit of God
We are Mothers of courage
fathers of time
Daughters of dust
sons of great visions
we are sisters of mercy
brothers of love
lovers of life and the builders of nations
We are mothers of courage
fathers of time
we are daughters of dust
and sons of great vision
we are sisters of mercy
brothers of love
we’re lovers of life and the builders of nations
we’re seekers of trut h and keepers of faith
makers of peace and the wisdom of ages
We’re seekers of truth
and keepers of faith
makers of peace, wisdom of ages
and we are our grandfathers dreaming
we are the breath of our ancestors we are the
spirit of God
For each child that’s born
and sings to the universe
Who we are
We are one
Recorded by Sweet Honey in the Rock on ‘Endings & Beginnings’ (2004) and ‘Sacred Ground’ (1996)
53
SONGS BY EMILY ROBLYN
CHRISTMAS SONG
Emily Roblyn's Mum
Here will I stay and sing a while,
And make your spirit bright
To warm your heart with simple song
On this frosty winter's night
So gather round friends and folk that I love
And sing with the voice of the angels above.
Fill the earth with music and cheer
Come celebrate for Christmas is here.
HOLD YOU IN OUR LOVE
Emily Roblyn
SA
B
Hold you in our circle
Hold you in our love
We hold you in our circle
We hold you in our love
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HOME TO MY HEART
Emily Roblyn (2012)
Chorus:
Everything that I feel
Brings me home to my heart
Bass:
}
}
Everything that I feel brings me home
X2
X2
1. There's been sorrow and there's been pain
There's been anger, there is love
B; A; T:
Ooh - ooh,
Ooh,
There is love
And it seemed
Like this was it and was for ever
Yes it seemed like everything
B; A; T:
Ooh - ooh,
Yes it seemed like everything
But now I feel my heart open wide
Though it scares me to my bo-o-ones
I'm coming home
B; A; T:
I feel my heart open wide
Though it scares me to my bones
I'm coming home
Chorus:
Everything that I feel
Brings me home to my heart
Bass:
}
}
Everything that I feel brings me home
2. I've come through a wilderness
So much pain and suffering
B; A; T:
Ooh - ooh,
Ooh,
Suffering
There's been times
I didn't know if I could make it
I was lost and oh so tired
B; A; T:
Ooh - ooh,
Lost and oh so tired
But now I feel my heart open wide
Though it scares me to my bo-o-ones
I'm coming home
Chorus:
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X2
X2
I AM THE OCEAN
Emily Roblyn
This is a wave and I am the ocean
This is a wave and I am the ocean
Everything flows through me
flows through me
flows through me
[And this too will pass
This too will pass
This will pass]
This is what I’ve been longing for
This is what I’ve been longing for
https://soundcloud.com/emilysinging/i-am-the-ocean
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