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Showing posts with label song. Show all posts
Showing posts with label song. Show all posts
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Life is the journey.
Long, Long Journey
City lights shine on the harbour,
night has fallen down,
through the darkness
and the shadow
I will still go on.
Long, long journey
through the darkness,
long, long way to go;
but what are miles
across the ocean
to the heart that's coming home?
Where the road
runs through the valley,
where the river flows,
I will follow every highway
to the place I know.
Long, long journey
through the darkness,
long, long way to go;
but what are miles
across the ocean
to the heart that's coming home?
Long, long journey
out of nowhere,
long, long way to go;
but what are sighs
and what is sadness
to the heart that's coming home?
(repeat)
night has fallen down,
through the darkness
and the shadow
I will still go on.
Long, long journey
through the darkness,
long, long way to go;
but what are miles
across the ocean
to the heart that's coming home?
Where the road
runs through the valley,
where the river flows,
I will follow every highway
to the place I know.
Long, long journey
through the darkness,
long, long way to go;
but what are miles
across the ocean
to the heart that's coming home?
Long, long journey
out of nowhere,
long, long way to go;
but what are sighs
and what is sadness
to the heart that's coming home?
(repeat)
Monday, December 24, 2012
Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning
Merry Christmas!
(Reginald Heber originally wrote this hymn for the Feast of the Epiphany. It was first published in the Christian Observer in 1811, but did not appear in hymnals until after Heber’s death.)
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid;
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining;
Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall;
Angels adore Him in slumber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and Savior of all!
Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion,
Odors of Edom and offerings divine?
Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?
Vainly we offer each ample oblation,
Vainly with gifts would His favor secure;
Richer by far is the heart’s adoration,
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid;
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining;
Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall;
Angels adore Him in slumber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and Savior of all!
Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion,
Odors of Edom and offerings divine?
Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?
Vainly we offer each ample oblation,
Vainly with gifts would His favor secure;
Richer by far is the heart’s adoration,
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
(Reginald Heber originally wrote this hymn for the Feast of the Epiphany. It was first published in the Christian Observer in 1811, but did not appear in hymnals until after Heber’s death.)
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Macalla
Listening to Clannad's Macalla (Irish for Echo) album on my record player must be benefiting my inner chi. At least, this is what I imagine my inner chi feels like when it is being benefited. Clannad's sound has a different feel in general, but this record in particular seems to have a song for every mood. Caislean Oir (Golden Castle) is moving and sad, yet peaceful. Bauchaill On Eirne (Boy From Erne) sounds like a story, and Journeys End could be listened to every day. The experience won't be the same as the record player, but listen to the album here: http://grooveshark.com/#!/
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| (Doesn't Moya favor her sister Enya?) |
Friday, June 29, 2012
The Civil Wars: Barton Hollow
http://grooveshark.com/album/Barton+Hollow/5639788
(You have to copy and paste this link for some reason.)
I'm glad someone keeps up with music: http://benhouseblog.blogspot.
What are y'all listening to?
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Christmas songs, of course!
I am sure that you all would be much deprived if I didn't re-post two of my best-loved Christmas songs:
Enjoy!
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Robert Duvall sings...
Watching Tender Mercies
again made me remember how much I liked this movie the first time I saw it years ago. I'm not a fan of most country music - excepting Duvall, of course. These are a couple of songs he sings in the movie. Also I was wondering, in the movie when he's in the garden talking to his wife after his daughter dies, does he say, "I don't trust happenings" or "I don't trust happiness"?
I've Decided to Leave Here Forever
Wings of a Dove
(That's a really great nose scrunch he's got goin' on there.)
again made me remember how much I liked this movie the first time I saw it years ago. I'm not a fan of most country music - excepting Duvall, of course. These are a couple of songs he sings in the movie. Also I was wondering, in the movie when he's in the garden talking to his wife after his daughter dies, does he say, "I don't trust happenings" or "I don't trust happiness"?I've Decided to Leave Here Forever
Wings of a Dove
(That's a really great nose scrunch he's got goin' on there.)
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Dante's Prayer
The song Dante's Prayer by Loreena McKennett is sad and comforting.
And HERE is a video, although I prefer listening not watching.
And HERE is a video, although I prefer listening not watching.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thomas Weelkes
When Davis Heard
http://grooveshark.com/s/Thomas+Weelkes+When+David+Heard/3mnurj?src=5
Stephen Cleobury; Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Friday, April 8, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Sigh No More - Mumford and Sons
The lyrics of this song, Sigh No More
, contain some of the best-loved lines from my favorite-est Shakespeare play ever! Enjoy. (This is not the official video.)
, contain some of the best-loved lines from my favorite-est Shakespeare play ever! Enjoy. (This is not the official video.)Monday, December 27, 2010
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Enya singing O Come, O Come, Emmanuel is really lovely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPHh3nMMu-I
From her CD: And Winter Came
Sunday, December 26, 2010
In the Bleak Mid-Winter
My new favorite Christmas song is apparently not new at all. The lyrics come from a poem written by Christina Rossetti in 1872, set to the tune Cranham by Gustav Holst. Listen to Sarah McLachlan sing it here. The poem is below.
In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.
Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him
Nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away
When He comes to reign:
In the bleak mid-winter
A stable-place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty,
Jesus Christ.
Enough for Him, whom cherubim
Worship night and day,
A breastful of milk
And a mangerful of hay;
Enough for Him, whom angels
Fall down before,
The ox and ass and camel
Which adore.
Angels and archangels
May have gathered there,
Cherubim and seraphim
Thronged the air,
But only His mother
In her maiden bliss,
Worshipped the Beloved
With a kiss.
What can I give Him,
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd
I would bring a lamb,
If I were a wise man
I would do my part,
Yet what I can I give Him,
Give my heart.
In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.
Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him
Nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away
When He comes to reign:
In the bleak mid-winter
A stable-place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty,
Jesus Christ.
Enough for Him, whom cherubim
Worship night and day,
A breastful of milk
And a mangerful of hay;
Enough for Him, whom angels
Fall down before,
The ox and ass and camel
Which adore.
Angels and archangels
May have gathered there,
Cherubim and seraphim
Thronged the air,
But only His mother
In her maiden bliss,
Worshipped the Beloved
With a kiss.
What can I give Him,
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd
I would bring a lamb,
If I were a wise man
I would do my part,
Yet what I can I give Him,
Give my heart.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
lullabies
Here are my children's favorite going-to-bed songs. (Old Abner's Shoes was the only way I could get Ahlana to sleep, back in the day.) And they are (drum roll please)...
Songs
Down in the River to Pray http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbgfQ48hWuY
Gallowa Hills http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvrmgh_MEJ8
Old Abner's Shoes http://payplay.fm/track/6235342/Bobby%20Horton/Homespun%20Songs%20of%20the%20C.%20S.%20A.%2C%20Volume%203/Old%20Abner%27s%20Shoes
Lyrics
Down in the River to Pray http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/obrotherwhereartthou/downtotherivertopray.htm
Gallowa Hills http://www.rampantscotland.com/songs/blsongs_gallowa.htm
Old Abner's Shoes http://supersearch.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=120638
Songs
Down in the River to Pray http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbgfQ48hWuY
Gallowa Hills http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvrmgh_MEJ8
Old Abner's Shoes http://payplay.fm/track/6235342/Bobby%20Horton/Homespun%20Songs%20of%20the%20C.%20S.%20A.%2C%20Volume%203/Old%20Abner%27s%20Shoes
Lyrics
Down in the River to Pray http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/obrotherwhereartthou/downtotherivertopray.htm
Gallowa Hills http://www.rampantscotland.com/songs/blsongs_gallowa.htm
Old Abner's Shoes http://supersearch.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=120638
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