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Thread #53502   Message #823802
Posted By: Haruo
11-Nov-02 - 08:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Sacred text to 'Over the Rainbow'
Subject: Lyr Add: See There, High in the Sky
Some weeks ago I noticed that in the Esperanto hymnal Adoru there was a song set to the tune "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz. Last night I got around to paraphrasing it into singable English. (In my online hymnal: Esperanto original and English version.)

See There, High in the Sky

  1. See there, high in the sky, the bow of God;
    see the sign of his blessing after the deadly flood.
  2. Rain and sun in the world, despair, delight:
    Sin, repentance, salvation — grace in our darkest night.
  3. Thank you, God, for the rain and for the sun.
    Thanks for pain, as for pleasure, through Jesus Christ, your Son.


Original text by Fr. Albrecht Kronenberger
English paraphrase by Ros' Haruo
Tune by Harold Arlen

There is supposed to be a MIDI of this tune in the Digitrad, but I can't get it to open; don't find it in Mudcat MIDIs. The MIDI I've got in my hymnal may be just a smidgen slower than one might wish.

Haruo