BLOOD I BLED
Tune
Seconds (Weds 1 Dec )
Bass (Weds 1 Dec)
Tops (Weds 1 Dec)
All (Weds 1 Dec)
LYRICS
| Come the quickening feet that fall
Come the gathering rain Suffering as I suffer you Hearing you speak of pain
If I was If I am If I did If I have
Come the quickening feet that fall (Hard behind you) Come the gathering rain Suffering as I suffer you (Woe betide you) Hearing you speak of pain
If I was If I am If I did If I have
Raise your banners and ride to war (Just and righteous) Throwing around your name (Fortune find us)
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See the damage of churlish rae(Just and righteous)
Saddle me with your blame (Fortune find us)
You cut my roots and now my leaves are dead They tumble down in pools of all the blood I bled
If I was If I am If I ever did If I ever have
You cut my roots and now my leaves are dead They tumble down in pools of all the blood I bled
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Blood I Bled Lyrics
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SONG STRUCTURE
8 bar guitar intro
Come the quickening feet that fall ( Belle) ooh’s
Come the gathering rain. ( trio ). ”
Suffering as I suffer you. ( Belle) ”
Hearing you speak of pain. ( trio ). ”
If was, if I am ( overlapping oohs- women only)
If I did, If I have
Come the quickening feet that fall ( full choir responses)
…. Hard behind you
Come the gathering rain. Suffering as I suffer you
… Woe betide you
Hearing you speak of pain…
If I was, if I am, If I did, If I have X 2 (parallel + overlap)
Raise your banners and ride to war (Just and righteous)
Throwing around your name. (Fortune find us)
See the damage of churlish rage (Just and righteous)
Oh saddle me with your blame. (Fortune find us- us )
You cut my roots and now my leaves are dead
They tumble down in pools of all the blood I bled
Ahh section x 8
If I was, If I am, If I ever did, If I ever have x 2 overlap ( 2 ahhs )
You cut my roots and now my leaves are dead
They tumble down in pools of all the blood I bled x 2 ( 4 / then all women men aahhhs )
Ahhs ( x 4)
If I did…. x 2
Sigala
AUDIO
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Sigala – All
Sigala – Seconds
Sigala – Bass
Sigala – Tops
Sigala- Tune
LYRICS
Kenya: language Kiswahli & Luo
1. Sigala, gala baro wiya
Sigach mama nyar alego
Sigala gala ori oh x2
Sigala gala baro wiya
2. Nind pin del ariyo
Nind pin del ochwadi
Nind pin del ochwadi x2
Madiko dhi n’gado bura
3. Lala n’toto lala
Laia n’toto lala
Mama hata kujah lala x2
Hakupe’ maziwa lala
Repeat 1 & 2
Translation: Traditional Lullaby
My head hurts when you cry
Daughter of Alego
Lie down, go to sleep
Sleep baby sleep
Your mother will come and feed you.
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There’s a Storm Coming
AUDIO
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WEDS RUN THRU: Storm Coming
TUNE: Storm Coming
TOPS: Storm Coming
BASS: Storm Coming
LYRICS
When that storm comes, don’t run for cover
When that storm comes, don’t run for cover
When that storm comes, don’t run for cover
Don’t run from the coming storm cos there ain’t no use in running …
When that rain falls, then wash away x 3
That wash away that falling rain, the tears, the trouble and the pain…
When those lights flash, you hear that thunder roar x3
When you listen to that thunder roar, just let your spirit soar (let your spirit soar)
And when love calls, will you open up your door?
When that love calls, will you open up your door?
When that love calls, will you open up your door?
You gotta stand on up and let it in, you gotta let love through your door!
When that storm comes, don’t run for cover x 3
Don’t run from the coming storm cos you can’t keep the storm from coming
Cos you can’t keep the storm from coming x 7
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Up Above My Head
Tune
Tops
Bass
LYRICS
Up above my Head, I hear music in the Air
Up above my Head, I hear music in the Air
Up above my Head, I hear music in the Air
I really do believe, there is Joy somewhere.
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Sallou Allah Nabina
AUDIO
Here are the latest recordings from Autumn 2016
Tune
Tops
Bass
ALL
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Here is a recording ‘Salou ala Nabi’ from the concert at Highgate Reformed Church in July 2010
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Here are some of the parts that were recorded from rehearsals in 2009-2010.
SALLOU – TUNE
SALLOU – BASS
SALLOU – TOPS WOMEN
SALLOU – RUN THRU
LYRICS
NABINA (Algerian)
Version 1
Sallou Allah Nabina seyerdi sallou Allah Nabine
Sallou Allah Nabina berkehti Leyla Fatim
Sallou Allah Nebina
Moulay Mohammed
Sallou Allah Nebina
Moulay Mohammed.
Version 2
Sallou Allah Nabina seyerdi sallou Allah Nabine
Sallou Allah Nabina berkehti Leyla Fatim
Sallou Allah Nebina
Moulay Mohammed
Sallou Allah Nebina
Moulay Mohammed.
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Going Home (Psalm 14)
AUDIO
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Going Home – Sweetwater
Tops
Bass with Soul Variations
An Early Run-Thru
LYRICS
I’m going home, goin’ home
North Carolina is crying in my soul
Creator I’m reaching out to you
Tell them on the other side
That they are alive within my soul
Return their prayers that run through my veins
Return the land and heal her pain
The hidden truth, tell the world
The blues – where it comes from!
I’m going home, goin’ home
Where the Neuse River
Runs through a land
Where my great grandmother sleeps
Under the Earth, blood of
Skarura nation was free
I hear Nigerian chains they say are buried real deep
Tobacco fields, Trail of tears
Stolen people on stolen land
I’m going home, goin’ home
North Carolina is crying in my soul
Creator I’m reaching out to you
Tell them on the other side
That they are alive within my soul
Tell them that I know!
Mahk Jchi tam boy yam pigidi
MahkJchi tam boy kan spewa ebe x 2
Mapi wah hoka yee monh
Kahond tani kaeyee taeyee
Gee-we me ee-eetiyee
Nunka yaht yamoni eh wajitse
Nunka yaht yamoni eh wajitsee
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AUDIO
Sodade
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SODADE – FULL SARAH VERSION WITH GUITAR
SODADE – BASS WITH CHOIR
SODADE – BASS
SODADE – TOPS
SODADE – KENG MOSTRAR – BASS
SODADE – KENG MOSTRAR – TOPS
LYRICS
SODADE (Cesária Évora)
Quem mostra’ bo esse caminho longe?
Quem mostra’ bo esse caminho longe?
Esse caminho pra São Tomé
Quem mostra’ bo esse caminho longe?
Quem mostra’ bo esse caminho longe?
Esse caminho pra São Tomé
Sodade sodade
Sodade dessa minha terra, São Nicolau
Sodade sodade
Sodade dessa minha terra, São Nicolau
Si bô ‘screvê’ me ‘m ta ‘screvê be
Si bô ‘squecê me ‘m ta ‘squecê be
Até dia qui bô voltà
Si bô ‘screvê’ me ‘m ta ‘screvê be
Si bô ‘squecê me ‘m ta ‘squecê be
Até dia qui bô voltà, sodade
Sodade sodade
Sodade dessa minha terra, São Nicolau
Sodade sodade
Sodade dessa minha terra, São Nicolau
Quem mostra’ bo esse caminho longe?
Quem mostra’ bo esse caminho longe?
Esse caminho pra São Tomé
Quem mostra’ bo esse caminho longe?
Quem mostra’ bo esse caminho longe?
Esse caminho…
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Bright Morning Stars
AUDIO
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Whole song
TUNE: First two verses
TOPS: First verse
BASS: First verse
SECONDS: First verse
LYRICS
Bright Morning Stars
Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Day is a-breaking in my soul
Oh where are our dear mothers?
Oh where are our dear mothers?
Oh where are our dear mothers?
Day is a-breaking in my soul
They are down in the valley praying
They are down in the valley praying
They are down in the valley praying
Day is a-breaking in my soul
Oh where are our dear fathers
Oh where are our dear fathers
Oh where are our dear fathers
Day is a-breaking in my soul
They have gone to heaven shouting
They have gone to heaven shouting
They have gone to heaven shouting
Day is a breaking in my soul
Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Day is a-breaking in my soul
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Bright Morning Stars (Whole Song)
Bright Morning Stars: TUNE – 1st two verses
Bright Morning Stars: TOPS – 1st Verse
Bright Morning Stars: BASS – 1st verse
Bright Morning Stars: 2nds – 1st verse
Asikhathali
AUDIO
Full Recording from Joyce
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Spoken
Spoken in Rhythm
Tune
Alto
Tenor
Bass
LYRICS
Asikhathali noma siyaboshwa
Sizimisel’ inkululeko
Asikhathali noma siyaboshwa
Sizimisel’ inkululeko
Unzima lomthwalo
Ufuna amadoda X 2
Thinabantwana beAfrika
Sizimisel ‘inkululeko. 2
Unzima lomthwalo
Ufuna amadoda. X 2
We do not care if we go to prison
It is for freedom we are fighting now x 2
Oh heavy load, oh heavy load
It’s gonna take some real strength x
Return to vrs 1 and 2 and then into canon
With English lyrics
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LYRICS
The Sparrow and the Seed
AUDIO
Tops
Weds – Birds
All
Tunes
Tune Riff
Tops Riff
Seconds – Riff
Bass – Riff
Bass – Birds
LYRICS
The Sparrow and the Seed -Brian Patten
Outside my window a tiny bird
Is singing a lament as small as a seed
My tongue has forgotten
How to say what my heart longs to say
And now you will never hear it said
Solitary one, you are out on your own
Your pillow a rock of nothingness
No borders, no land fall, no ground anywhere
You’re dissolving into my love for you…
Outside my window a tiny bird
Is singing a lament as small as a seed….
Lyrics Download
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