Set list Xmas 2017
1.MANA MOH LELA – start with Sarah doing the call … Repeat in unison – go into harmony … bass and cajon joins
- AMAWOLE- men call,women answer in harmony bass and cajon
- JULIE – alternate – BASS, GUITAR, CAHON, CLARINET
1All. 2. Women 3. All 4. Women. 5 All 6. Weds only 7. All women …
- WHEN DARKNESS FALLS – WEDS – Saskia, Flo, Janette to start.
- LAMENTABLE/TENEBROUS… PIANO? weds verse X 3 All chorus – ending repeat final lines ‘we walk on tenebrous soul, and sing a song of midnight’
JO + band Find My Love
Peaceful Dream; GUITAR, BASS, BASS CLARINET, PERCUSSION
- all. 2. Weds. 3. All+ alternative ending INSTRUMENTAL bass clarinet- FINALE 3 lines+chorus X 2
IMPRO with audience. BODY SONG …
MARCIA + band
BORN INTO BEING – ( Lalla 2 ) riff to build – CLARINET SOLO
LIFT THINE EYES. Weds first – all who know it join 2nd time round.
CLEAR THE ROAD – BASS, GUITAR, CLARINET,PERCUSSION
MEN all verses women join on chorus and backing vocals
Julie
Julie – Rhiannon Giddens
Julie, oh Julie
Won’t you run?
‘Cos I see down yonder the soldiers have come
Julie, oh Julie
Can’t you see?
Them devils have come to take you far from me
Mistress, oh mistress
I won’t run
‘Cos I see down yonder the soldiers have come
Mistress, oh mistress
I do see
And I’ll stay right here ’til they come for me
Julie, oh Julie
You won’t go
Leave this house and all you know
Julie, oh Julie
Don’t leave here
Leave us, who love you, and all you hold dear
Mistress, oh mistress
I will go
Leave this house and all I know
Mistress, oh mistress
I will leave here
With what family I’ve got left, they’re all I hold dear
Julie, oh Julie
Won’t you lie
If they find that trunk of gold by my side
Julie, oh Julie
You tell them men
That that trunk of gold is yours, my friend
Mistress, oh mistress
I won’t lie
If they find that trunk of gold by your side
Mistress, oh mistress
That trunk of gold
Is what you got when my children you sold
Mistress, oh mistress
Don’t you cry
The price of stayin’ here is too high
Mistress, oh mistress
I wish you well
But in leavin’ here, I’m leavin’ hell
Download Lyrics: Julie
Parts – Recorded By Sarah with accompanying guitar from Mark
Here’s bass/2nds and Tune as Rhiannon sings it!
Tops and High Guys
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A very early recording of Whole Song
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Lamentable
There was a meaning in the silence
and a dignity in grief;
there was a rumour in the city
that spoke of blind belief.
There was a morning filled with sorrow
and an evening with relief;
there was a mourning and a wailing
from the souls who lay beneath
the weary feet of daytime wanderers
who strode upon the heath,
midst blasted ancient forests
of tree and branch and leaf,
and stood to sing their stories –
lamentable and brief
Tenebrous
I walked and saw the street names etched in slate
I walked and found the names of foundling children
Left in corners in mewling bundles of sack
….. Aaahhs
(all) This journey is a long day
Is a walk into twilight
We march on tenebrous soil
And sing a song of midnight,
A song of midnight
Download Lyrics: Lamentable/Tenebrous
Parts – Recorded at New Unity 26th October 2017
LAMENTABLE
Intro – Bass (Piano – Sarah)
Intro – 2nds (Piano Sarah)
Overlaps – (Piano – Sarah)
Intro- Overlaps Tops
Intro- Overlaps Tune
Intro- Overlaps Bass
Intro – ALL
All – VERSE and Intro
TENEBROUS
Tops
Tune
Bass
All – Recorded 29/11/17 at Harecourt (Wednesdays)
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Lamentable Riffs Dec 11th Bass
Lamentable Riffs Dec 11th 2nds
Lamentable Riffs Dec 11th Overlaps
Tenebrous
Tenebrous – Tops
Tenebrous – Tune
Tenebrous bass
ALL
Tenebrous – All
Tenebrous Final Chorus All
Clear The Road
Clear the road, all you clear the road
Clear the road let the people pass
We are go for our we freedom x 2
Some of us are of the sea
Some dwell upon dry land
Some born dark and some are fair
We belong to every land
It is said by day we dream
In the form of song
Come the darkness we make light
Of suffering and wrong
Clear the road … (x 2)
We don’t want no bloodshed
Not a drop of bloodshed
We never mean to cause you harm
We only come for freedom
Freedom is the path you see
Freedom is the reason
Why we march and sing our songs
To every turning season
Clear the road ….. (x 2)
Who can say who freedoms’ for
It belongs to all mankind
There’s not a soul that doesn’t long
To live in peace of mind
Taste of joy upon your tongue
That long, slow smile your giving
Safety in the arms of love
A life that’s meant for living!
Clear the road …..
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CLEAR THE ROAD
Chorus – Tops
Chorus – Bass
Chorus – Tune
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Verse Backing – Bass
Verse Backing – Tops
Verse Backing – Tune
Verse Backing – ALL
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And here’s a balls-out recording of our first run thru of the whole song with some clapping, overlaps and the Men’s growling of the verses.
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Chorus – Tops
Chrous – Bass
Chrous – Tune
Verse backing – Bass
Verse backing – Tune
Verse backing – Tops
Senzenina
Senzenina, senzenina
Senzenina, senzenina
Senzenina,senzenina
Senzenina, sensenina
Sono setu, ubumnyama x 4
Sono setu, yinyaniso. X 4
Maeyibuye y Africa x 4
Translation; what have we done to deserve this suffering?
Our sin is the colour of our skin
Our sin is speaking the truth
They are killing us
Let Africa return …
MOTHER SONG – adapted from a Grace Nichols poem
You were water to me,
deep, bold and fathoming
You were moons eye to me
Pull grained and mantling
You were sunrise to me
Rise warm and streaming
Go to your wide futures she said x 3
Download Lyrics: Senzenina & Mother Song
Senzenina
Tune
Bass
Tops
Overlaps
Chorus (Opening and All Lines)
Our first complete run-thru.
Mother Song
Chorus – Tune
Chorus – Bass
Chorus – Tops (missing..oops)
Verse
The First run-thru version. Recorded Tuesday 10th October at New Unity.
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Senzenina
Senzenina – Tops
Senzenina – Bass
Senzenna – Tune Sarah
Senzenina – ALL
Mother Song
Mother Song – Chorus Bass
Mother Song – Tune Chorus
Mother Song – Verse
Mother Song – ALL
You Are All Things – Lalla
Riff pattern and instrumental introduction
The soul, like the moon is new
And always new again
And I have seen the ocean continuously creating
since I scoured my mind and my body
I too Lalla am new,
I too Lalla am new,
I too Lalla am new.
Each moment new
Riff pattern / instrumental
My teacher told me
‘Live in the soul’
When that was so
I began to go naked and dance
I too Lalla am new,
I too Lalla am new,
I too Lalla am new.
Each moment new
Instrumental into CsMinor drone
You are the sky and the ground
You alone, the day, the night air.
You are all things born into being
You are all things born into being
Riff pattern
I too Lalla am new
Instrumental
I too Lalla am new
Instrumental
I too Lalla am new
Each moment new
Download Lyrics: You are all things – Lalla – Lyrics
You Are All Things – Lalla – recorded by Sarah November 2017
Intro
Tune
Lalla2 – Bass line (revised)
(Tune) Seconds and Tops
Song
Tune (Piano)
Tops (Piano)
Born into Being
Tune
Bass (Amended)
Tops
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Lalla Intro Bass (High Boys & Women)
Lalla Intro – Tune
Lalla-2-Bass-Lune-Revised.
Lalla Intro – (Tune) Tops and 2nds
Lalla-2-Tune-Piano.
Lalla-2-Tops
Born_Into_Being_Tune
Being-Bass-amended
Born_into_Being_Tops
Chant in Lingala from The Congo
Amawole! Amawole!
Amawole x 2
Amawole! Amawole
Amawole x 2
Kintela! ( call)
Kintela nga nalela soso
Kintela nga nalela kokooioko x 8
Parts
Opening Line with Overlaps – Men
Opening Line – Bass (Seconds)
Opening Line – High Bass
2nd Line – Men
2nd Line – Bass
2nd Line – Women
Kintela – Tune (Sarah)
Kintela – Bass
An early Run-Thru (recorded at New Unity – Tuesday 14th November 2017)
Manmoleyla
Tops, Tune & Bass
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Lullaby from Mali in Bambara
Makun makun Bebe o makun
Makun makun Bebe o makun sa
Mun de kεra Bebe la makun
Fosi ma kε Bebe la makun sa
Mun de kεra Bebe la makun
Kɔngɔ de bε Bebe la i makun sa.
Makun makun Bebe o makun
Makun makun Bebe o makun sa
Mun de kεra Bebe la makun
Fosi ma kε Bebe la makun sa
Mun de kεra Bebe la makun
Kɔngɔ de bε Bebe la i makun sa
Download Lyrics: Chants
Peaceful Dream – Jeff Tweedy/Mavis Staples
I had a simple dream
My heart filled with hope
A little more and again than the past
I may never know
What broke those chains
If I don’t pass it on, it won’t last
Peaceful dream x3
Come and share my peaceful dream
Oh I know I did complain
Even on a sunny day
I know I moaned about some little things
But I kept my spirits up
Set aside enough
Love to keep us dry when it rains
Peaceful dream x3
Come and share my peaceful dream
Oh I had a heavy mind
Now I feel OK
I have more than I need to survive
I’ll keep it here for you
So we can make it through
On the darkest days of our lives
Peaceful dream x3
CHANGE
Come and share my peaceful dream-
my peaceful dream
Peaceful dream…
Instrumental
Oh I’ll keep it here for you
So we can make it through
On the darkest days of our lives
Peaceful dream x3
Come and share my peaceful dream
Download Lyrics: Peaceful Dream – Lyrics
Parts
Tune
Seconds
Tops
Alternative (Last) Ending
Tune
Seconds
Tops
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Peaceful Dream – Tune
Peaceful Dream – Tops 2
Peaceful Dream – Seconds
PD Endings – Tune
PD Endings – 2nds
PD Endings – Tops
Here is an early Run-thru of the 1st Verse and the Chorus
Lift Thine Eyes
Soprano 1
Soprano 2
Alto
Men ( Updated by Sarah 8/12/17)
Here is a recording of the full piece with the Wednesdays at Harecourt on Wednesday 25th May (No men – of course)
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Lift Thine Eyes – Alto
Lift Thine Eyes – Soprano 1
Lift Thine Eyes – Soprano 2
Mens-Lift-Thine-Eyes – Updated Version
