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Lyr Add: Who'd Have Thought the Lord Almighty
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who'd Have Thought the Lord Almighty From: Haruo Date: 17 Dec 02 - 08:59 PM Thanks for the kind words, Keith and Genie. The tune I was calling I don't want your Rolls Royce, mister is probably the one in the DT with the file-name GBDOLLAR; another tune that I think is closely related (and could be used for my text) is "Life's Railway to Heaven" (Life is like a mountain railroad) by Charles Tillman, also used with the (Wobbly?) text Miner's life is like a sailor's. It can also be sung to "Scarlet Ribbons", though I think less effectively, and you have to tweak the syllables a bit here and there. As it stands, the main place where there may be scansion problems even with the "Cheating Game" tune is in the third stanza, where "A widowed" is sung to a triplet of notes (or whatever it's called when there are three notes with a bracket above and a "3" in the middle of the bracket). Also, the "-hu-hu" in the eighth stanza; I'm not sure how to explain it without giving sheet music or a recording. Leland |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who'd Have Thought the Lord Almighty From: Genie Date: 17 Dec 02 - 03:09 AM Amen, Keith! Wonderful, Leland! Genie |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who'd Have Thought the Lord Almighty From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 17 Dec 02 - 03:03 AM Unsung heroines indeed! A powerful and intrigueing song. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who'd Have Thought the Lord Almighty From: Haruo Date: 17 Dec 02 - 12:18 AM As to Ruth, the Torah passage that can be construed as denying David's right to be an Israelite is at Deuteronomy 23:3. Of course, that is not the only possible construction, but I think it is one that was fresh in the mind of the author of the Book of Ruth. Haruo |
Subject: Lyr Add: Who'd Have Thought the Lord Almighty From: Haruo Date: 17 Dec 02 - 12:13 AM I wrote this "sacred ballad" during Advent, 1996, in honor of Jesus' female ancestors, especially the five mentioned in the genealogy in the first chapter of Matthew's Gospel. The five mentioned (out of a potential 42) have, as far as I can see, only their scandalousness in common, and I believe that they are singled out for special mention precisely because each of them, sexually or ethnically or both, is "embarrassing". I first performed the song at a retirement home, prefacing each of the first five verses with a brief comment on what it was about her that made her an embarrassment to the lineage of a Holy Son of God. It actually went over quite well. Sometimes old folks can be rather openminded. The tune is very similar to "Silver Threads and Golden Needles", though as I was writing the lyrics I thought I was writing to "Scarlet Ribbons"; it was only when I got done and tried singing it that I realized my error. I call the tune "Cheating Game"; it's also similar to the tune of "I don't want your Rolls Royce, mister" or whatever the title of that one is. Who'd Have Thought the Lord AlmightyLyrics: © 1996 Leland Bryant RossTune: CHEATING GAME (more or less "Silver Threads and Golden Needles")
Who'd have thought the Lord Almighty
Who would dream the God of Moses,
Who'd imagine, of all nations,
Who would guess that when, in wartime,
Who'd suppose a country girl
Who'd believe that these five ladies,Haruo |
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