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Thread #117262   Message #2525072
Posted By: CapriUni
26-Dec-08 - 02:30 PM
Thread Name: Queen of Heaven, by CapriUni, & modal ??
Subject: RE: Queen of Heaven, by CapriUni, & modal ??
Thanks, Jack! I'll add that ABC to my .txt of the song, along with the 4/4 and 3/4 versions.

Here's the 3/4 version:

X:1
T:To the Queen of Heaven
C:Ann Magill
M:3/4
Q:1/4=94
K:C Dorian
CC2EE2|FE2DC2|zCEGG2|A2B2B2|
G4z2|GB2BA2|BA2GF2|FE2FE2|
D2C2B,2|C6|z2CCF2|FE2DC2|
D2C3E|E3GG2|AB2BG2|GB2Bc2|
BA2GF2|FE2FE2|DC3B,C2-|C4z2|]

And, prompted by your comments on the lyrics, I wrote an new verse to go after the first, and did some rewriting of the (now) third verse:

The Queen of Heaven, at her loom,
With weft of light and warp of time,
She fashions both our flesh and bone,
To clothe each soul in Earthly life

The Goddess spins another year.
'Tis gathered 'round her spindle bright
Our pleasures' songs and sorrows' tears,
Each form a stitch in her design.