Fields of Athenry
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ciroccojWe've got 7 confirmations so far for the birthday party. And we've got the cakes ordered, and I'm buying their presents on Friday, and I'll be able to spend Friday making our house generally presentable. I hope.
In other news, I got a link to some of the songs we're rehearsing for my choir's February concert, from recordings done by other choirs. For anyone interested, it's at:
http://www.harmoniachoir.com/rehearsalmusic.html
and the song list is:
Rise Up My Love - OK.
I Beheld Her - OK.
Sing We and Chant It - Well done, but it's a madrigal and thus makes my skin crawl.
I Will Not Leave You Comfortless - OK.
Fair Phyliss - Again, madrigal :(
Can't Buy Me Love - John Lennon spins in his grave. Avoid, avoid, avoid. :P
And So it Goes - Pretty good adaptation of Billy Joel's song. Skip the first 1:03 minutes, it's spoken intro.
Fields of Athenry - Beautiful and heartbreaking. My favourite piece.
When the Stars Fall - Very simple and reverent. My second favourite piece.
Despairing Lover - This is actually pretty funny in a deliberately melodramatic way.
Soldier, Soldier - This one's cute ;)
It's not a comprehensive list, but it includes my two favourite songs, so I'm one happy choir geek right about now :)
Fields of Athenry
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling,
Michael they are taking you away.
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
so the young might see the morn,
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.
Chorus:
Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing,
We had dreams and songs to sing,
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling,
Nothing matters Mary when you're free
Against the Famine and the Crown
I rebelled, they ran me down
Now you must raise our child in dignity.
Chorus
By a lonely harbour wall
She watched the last star falling,
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
Chorus 2x
When the Stars Fall
When the sea shakes, then I trust my saviour.
When the sea breaks, still I trust my saviour.
And if the sea crumbles into rust,
tumbles into dust,
yet will I trust
my saviour.
When the stars call, then I trust my saviour.
When the stars fall, still I trust my saviour.
And if the stars crumble into rust,
tumble into dust,
yet will I trust
my saviour.
When my heart sighs, then I trust my saviour.
When my heart cries, still I trust my saviour.
And if my heart crumbles into rust,
tumbles into dust,
yet will I trust
my saviour.
Later Edit: ::snicker:: I just realized that my two favourite songs are by Canadian choral composers, Mark Sirret from Kingston and Stephen Hatfield from BC, respectively. Wonder if my choir director heard me whining about the general appalling crappiness of Canadian choral composers and decided to show me what's what ;)
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In other news, I got a link to some of the songs we're rehearsing for my choir's February concert, from recordings done by other choirs. For anyone interested, it's at:
http://www.harmoniachoir.com/rehearsalmusic.html
and the song list is:
Rise Up My Love - OK.
I Beheld Her - OK.
Sing We and Chant It - Well done, but it's a madrigal and thus makes my skin crawl.
I Will Not Leave You Comfortless - OK.
Fair Phyliss - Again, madrigal :(
Can't Buy Me Love - John Lennon spins in his grave. Avoid, avoid, avoid. :P
And So it Goes - Pretty good adaptation of Billy Joel's song. Skip the first 1:03 minutes, it's spoken intro.
Fields of Athenry - Beautiful and heartbreaking. My favourite piece.
When the Stars Fall - Very simple and reverent. My second favourite piece.
Despairing Lover - This is actually pretty funny in a deliberately melodramatic way.
Soldier, Soldier - This one's cute ;)
It's not a comprehensive list, but it includes my two favourite songs, so I'm one happy choir geek right about now :)
Fields of Athenry
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling,
Michael they are taking you away.
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
so the young might see the morn,
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.
Chorus:
Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing,
We had dreams and songs to sing,
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling,
Nothing matters Mary when you're free
Against the Famine and the Crown
I rebelled, they ran me down
Now you must raise our child in dignity.
Chorus
By a lonely harbour wall
She watched the last star falling,
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
Chorus 2x
When the Stars Fall
When the sea shakes, then I trust my saviour.
When the sea breaks, still I trust my saviour.
And if the sea crumbles into rust,
tumbles into dust,
yet will I trust
my saviour.
When the stars call, then I trust my saviour.
When the stars fall, still I trust my saviour.
And if the stars crumble into rust,
tumble into dust,
yet will I trust
my saviour.
When my heart sighs, then I trust my saviour.
When my heart cries, still I trust my saviour.
And if my heart crumbles into rust,
tumbles into dust,
yet will I trust
my saviour.
Later Edit: ::snicker:: I just realized that my two favourite songs are by Canadian choral composers, Mark Sirret from Kingston and Stephen Hatfield from BC, respectively. Wonder if my choir director heard me whining about the general appalling crappiness of Canadian choral composers and decided to show me what's what ;)
