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FIRELIGHT
Choir Matrix & Youth Choir
TEXT & TRANSLATIONS
Trilo
Swedish folksong
arr. Christy Elsner
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Translation:
Trilo, here he is close by
The Way Knows the Way
Lyndsey Scott
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You don't have to know the way
The way knows the way
You don't have to plan the way,
Trust the way, feel your way
The way knows, the way knows the way
Fire (from "Elements"
Katerina Gimon
fire
heat, light
strength, fuel, drive
burning, melting, evaporating, and transforming
fire
Sure on this Shining Night
Samuel Barber
arr. Jacob Narverud
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Sure on this shining night
Of starmade shadows round,
Kindness must watch for me
This side the ground.
The late year lies down the north.
All is healed, all is health.
High summer holds the earth.
Hearts all whole.
Sure on this shining night
I weep for wonder
Wandering far alone
Of shadows on the stars.
Sure on this Shining Night
Samuel Barber
arr. Jacob Narverud
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Sure on this shining night
Of starmade shadows round,
Kindness must watch for me
This side the ground.
The late year lies down the north.
All is healed, all is health.
High summer holds the earth.
Hearts all whole.
Sure on this shining night
I weep for wonder
Wandering far alone
Of shadows on the stars.
Stardust
Composed by B.E. Boykin
Text by Brittny Ray Crowell
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If we are only stardust
Let your names reach to the sky above us
Like petals wafting on a breeze
We lift you up beyond our reach
“Kum Buba Yali, Kum Buba Tambe”
Amen, Amen
”Kum Buba Yali, Kum Buba Tambe”
We say your names
If we are only stardust
May your blood never be in vain
Like petals wafting on a breeze
We lift you up beyond our reach
“Kum Buba Yali, Kum Buba Tambe”
Amen, Amen
“Kum Buba Yali, Kum Buba Tambe”
We say your names
Each day we grieve another face
Maybe all this stardust
Will carry us home one day
To a home where we can run
A home where we can pray
A home where we can breathe,
To sleep and dream without fear—
Is justice this far away?
We cry your names
For the strength to keep on fighting
With the hope that you are flying
“Kum Buba Yali, Kum Buba Tambe”
Stardust
Uraren besotik
Composed by Eva Ugalde
Text by Josune Lopez
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Translation of Basque text:
Through the arm of water (through the water), through the hand of air (through the air, holding the hand of air), we arrived at the city filled with solitude (the solitude-filled city, the solitary city).
I am with you and I cannot rejoice/enjoy.
The now (the present) is always short, the past, the joy/enjoyment/pleasure, and the future is there awaiting.
Now I want to rejoice/enjoy in the now (in the present).
(Translation provided by Gustavo Nanclares)
Lineage
Composed by Andrea Ramsey
Text by Margaret Walker
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My grandmothers were strong.
They followed plows and bent to toil.
They moved through fields sowing seed.
They touched earth and grain grew.
They were full of sturdiness and singing.
My grandmothers were strong.
My grandmothers are full of memories
Smelling of soap and onions and wet clay
With veins rolling roughly over quick hands
They have many clean words to say.
My grandmothers were strong.
Why am I not as they?
Fire and Ice
Composed by Emily Crocker
Text by Robert Frost
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Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From whit I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
Bit if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
to know that for destruction ice
Is also great.
And would suffice.
Nightingale
Composed by Glenda Franklin
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Nightingale, as you spin your melody into the lonely darkness of night;
While you sing, sharing love within your heart, the music sours as notes take flight.
Soon your haunting melody will be returned in complete harmony.
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Nightingale, every note with such emotion, it could heal a broken heart.
As you sing, she is waiting to discover all the you your notes will bring.
Soon your haunting melody will be returned in complete harmony.
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Nightingale, sing your melody,
nightingale, sing your harmony.
Sing your song nightingale.
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Nightingale, every liquid note of magic echoes through the lonely night.
From boughs, hidden from the world she waits upon the music that invites;
Soon your haunting melody will be returned in complete harmony.
I love the flowers
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I love the flowers, I love the daffodils
I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills
I love the fireside when the lights are low
Singing a boom-de-ada, boom-de-ada, boom-de-ada boom
Singing a boom-de-ada, boom-de-ada, boom-de-ada boom
Autumn Fires
Composed by Mary Donnelly & George L.O. Strid
Text by Robert Louis Stevenson
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In the other gardens
And all up the vale,
From the autumn bonfires
See the smoke trail!
1Woods aflame with color
Yellow, red, and brown
Leaves of gold and crimson
Carpet all the ground.
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Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall!
Frosty morning,
And chilly is the day
Cold the night and silent,
Winter’s on the way.
Pleasant summer’s over
And all the summer flowers,
How the red fire blazes,
How the grey smoke towers.
Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall!
Fireflies
Composed by Adam Young
arr. Mark Bremer
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You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
'Cause they fill the open air
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude but I would just stand and stare
I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance
A foxtrot above my head
A sock hop beneath my bed
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread (thread, thread)
I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep)
Leave my door open just a crack
Please take me away from here
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
Please take me away from here
Why do I tire of counting sheep?
Please take me away from here
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep
To ten million fireflies
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell (they said farewell)
But I'll know where several are
If my dreams get real bizarre
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar (jar, jar, jar)
I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep)
I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep)
Glowing
arr. Roger Emerson
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Bring on the storm
Let it rain, let it snow
Got a little bit of love
Oh, to keep us, to keep us dry
I'll keep you warm
Let the winter winds blow
Got a little bit of love
Oh, to keep us alive
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Don't lose your faith
We're not far from the shore
Got a little bit of love
Oh, to light up our way back home
So bring on the waves
Let them crash, let them roar
Got a little bit of love
Oh, you won't be alone
Cups (When I'm Gone)
A.P. Carter, Luisa Gerstein, Heloise Tunstall-Behrens
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I got my ticket for the long way 'round
Two bottle o' whiskey for the way
And I sure would like some sweet company
And I'm leavin' tomorrow, what do you say?
When I'm gone
When I'm gone
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my hair
You're gonna miss me everywhere, oh
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone
When I'm gone
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my walk
You're gonna miss me by my talk, oh
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
I got my ticket for the long way 'round
The one with the prettiest of views
It's got mountains, it's got rivers
It's got sights to give you shivers
But it sure would be prettier with you
When I'm gone
When I'm gone
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my walk
You're gonna miss me by my talk, oh
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone
When I'm gone
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my hair
You're gonna miss me everywhere
Oh, you're sure gonna miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone
When I'm gone
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my walk
You're gonna miss me by my talk, oh
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
One Voice
Composed by Ruth Moody
arr. Marcelline Moody
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TEXT
This is the sound of one voice
One spirit, one voice
The sound of one who makes a choice
This is the sound of one voice
This is the sound of one voice
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This is the sound of voices two
The sound of me singing with you
Helping each other to make it through
This is the sound of voices two
This is the sound of voices two
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This is the sound of voices three
Singing together in harmony
Surrendering to the mystery
This is the sound of voices three
This is the sound of voices three
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This is the sound of all of us
Singing with love and the will to trust
Leave the rest behind, it will turn to dust
This is the sound of all of us
This is the sound of all of us
This is the sound of one voice
One people, one voice
A song for every one of us
This is the sound of one voice
This is the sound of one voice
