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Thread #16551 Message #154706
Posted By: Mark Cohen
27-Dec-99 - 10:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: New Year's Round (Alix Herrmann)
Subject: Lyr Add: NEW YEAR'S ROUND (Alix Herrmann)
There is a tradition at the San Francisco Folk Music Club's New Year's gathering, Camp Harmony, of all the several hundred campers singing in the dining hall before dinner. One song that is always sung was written by Alix Herrmann, a SFFMC member and daughter of Lani Herrmann, long time Bay Area folkie, ethnomusicologist, and friend of Folk-Legacy. (Lani notated and calligraphed Gordon Bok's and Bill Staines' excellent songbooks for Folk-Legacy, and probably others I don't know, but Sandy does.)
Alix's song, called "New Year's Round" or "Ring It In", is not in the DT, but I believe it's in Rise Up Singing. Singing this simple round with four people is wonderful; singing it with a few hundred is pretty close to heaven. Here are the words; it would be great if someone could post the tune, so everybody can sing it for New Year's. Alas, I haven't been at Harmony for almost a decade, but I'm going to try for next year.
New Year's Round by Alix Herrmann
Ring it in, ring in the New Year Ring it in, ring in the New year
Bells are ringing, bells are ringing Bells are ringing, bells are ringing
Peace and love, throughout the New Year Peace and love, throughout the New Year