New Songs for 9-11-2001

Subject: LYD ADD: Not Another Mother's Son/Father's Daughte
From: sing4peace
Date: 12 Sep 09 - 10:23 PM

I wrote this song in tribute to the women and men of a group called September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows (www.peacefultomorrows.com) and in memory of a young man named Michael Andrade who was the first Rhode Islander to die in Iraq. It was written to describe the "World Says No To War" marches that happened in over 670 cities around the world on February 15, 2003 preceding the US invasion of Iraq.

NOT ANOTHER MOTHER'S SON - NOT ANOTHER FATHER'S DAUGHTER
By Joyce Katzberg c) White Rose Music

It was early in the morning
when the sound of people marching
broke my slumber and my dreaming
with this song that they were singing...

Chorus: Not Another Mother's Son
Not Another Father's Daughter
In the name of all that's holy
put an end to all this slaughter
not another mother's son
not another father's daughter.

Before my eyes and in my ears
the images and pleadings
of those who've seen the horror
of the human family bleeding
they were marching one by one
but together they were millions
from the hills and from the valleys
and the song that they were singing...

Chorus: not another mother's son...

Some were old and some were older
some wore gold and some wore rags
some with babies some with banners
many nations many flags
all the colors of the rainbow
were reflected on their faces
in unison and harmony
they kept right on with singing...

Chorus: Not another mother's son...

It was early in the morning
when the sound of people marching
broke my slumber and my dreaming
with a song that they were singing
this march goes on and on
with no end and no beginning
for an end to endless war
join this song that we are singing...

Not another mother's son
not another father's daughter
in the name of all that's holy
put an end to all this slaughter
not another mother's son
not another father's daughter.



There is a live version of this song at www.myspace.com/joycekatzberg

Your sister in hope and song,
Joyce

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-01
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Sep 09 - 11:08 PM

Joyce, thanks for sharing. BEAUTIFUL and very powerful and I love the message. What a beautiful, powerful voice you have to go with those lyrics, too! Perfect. Well complimented by your picking, too. May all who hear it, agree and join in hope, song, and perseverance.

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-01
From: oldhippie
Date: 13 Sep 09 - 08:48 PM

Don't know if its a relatively new song about 9-11 or just new to me,- "Flight 93" by Leslie Fish.

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-01
From: Genie
Date: 24 May 11 - 12:03 AM

This video is a very informal recording. Rather sloppy, in fact. (The last chorus should say "... tears in our eyes .., " not "dust in our eyes," for example.)
But it does show how the melody and lyrics fit together.

The lyrics posted earlier in this thread represent an earlier stage in the evolution of this song.

Video: "Valley Of The Towering Shadows"

VALLEY OF THE TOWERING SHADOWS
(R. Jeanene Pratt © 2001, 2002


On our journey to the promised land, /
Ambushed by an unseen outlaw band, /
Most of us survived, but so many fell that day, /        
Many sisters, brothers perished in the fray. /

In shock, anguish, terror and dread, /
Vision blurred -- couldn't see the road ahead -- /
We knew it was a crossroads; nothing more was clear. /
Couldn/t find our way through the smoke and our tears. /  

    
Could we make it through the Valley of the Shadow? /
Could we move ahead in spite of all our fears? /
Could we feel beyond the hate?  Could we see our way clear? /                
Could we reach beyond our rage,  see the way through our tears? /

Wed been living in a garden, rich beyond compare. /
Some had called it the promised land and wanted to stay there. /                           
But there is no promised land when there is want outside the wall  /             
And the dream is "liberty and justice for all, /      

So we said, "Even through the Valley Of the Shadow, /
Well move a-head in spite of fear--  /      
Dust in our eyes, eyes on the prize,   /        
The promised land worth all our toil and tears."/         
                    
Then the  skyline on fire, the smoke and the screams,  /            
Buildings crumbling with untold hearts and dreams!   /   
Some of us were cowering, frozen in our tracks. /  
Many cried for vengeance!    Some   said we   must turn back. /         
 

Through The Valley Of the Towering Shadows, /
Could we move ahead in   spite of all our fears? /
Could we feel beyond the hate?  Could we see our way clear, /  
Reach beyond our rage,  See the way through our tears? /

Now, once more we're moving, anger justified, /         
Assured that God is   on our   side, /                
But have we got our bearings enough to comprehend /
Just where we're going, where it all might end? /

Is the garden now the Valley Of The Shadow?   /    
Will tomorrow be hostage to fear?  /     
Are we guided more by hate or by all that we hold dear? /
Can we channel this rage, see the way through our tears? /

Yes,  even through The Valley Of The Shadow, /
We'll move ahead in  spite of fears.  /      
Tears in our eyes,  eyes on the prize, /          
The promised land, the   hope of all the years. /
Tears in our eyes,  eyes on the prize,   /              
The promised land, the hope   of all the years. /     Valley Of The Towering Shadows YouTube recording, with one mistake in the lyrics of the last verse.

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-01
From: saulgoldie
Date: 22 Jul 11 - 09:53 PM

I want to learn "There Are No Words." Does anyone have the chords? Thanks.

Saul

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-2001
From: saulgoldie
Date: 25 Jul 11 - 08:17 PM

No one?

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-2001
From: maeve
Date: 25 Jul 11 - 08:37 PM

Saul, I see the lyrics for "There Are No Words" here:http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=120609#2624820

May I suggest that you send a PM to Charley Noble, who appears to have posted it originally? Sometimes it takes quite a while for the appropriate people to see a request such as yours when hidden n a longer thread like this.

Good luck,
Maeve

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-2001
From: Bert
Date: 25 Jul 11 - 08:50 PM

I just found this thread.

Just after 911 you couldn't buy a flag anywhere and a family across town made one of their own.

Here is my song about it. The tune is pretty much 'Home on the Range' bent a bit to fit the meter.

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The Flag with a thousand stars.

Our country has been through some times that are sad
Our President said we should all fly the flag
but in this town of ours, not a flag can be had,
a flag with the stripes and stars.

A family that lives out on Route 29
Although they'd been searching for such a long time
in all of the county not a flag could they find
that bore the stripes and the stars.

A white sheet from the closet they couldn't go wrong
Scarlet ribbons they stole from an old Christmas song
But even though they searched hard and long
They couldn't find any stars.

'Till at last in a store in an old remnant pile,
They found a remnant that made them all smile
The thing they'd been searching for all of the while
some cotton all covered with stars.

Now the stars were too small, but they thought it might do
It was just the right size and the cotton was blue
So they sewed it together and hung it in view,
A flag with a thousand stars.

Now if Route 29's on your daily commute
Look out for that flag it's really quite cute
and as you drive by, don't forget to salute
The Flag with a Thousand Stars.

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-2001
From: Genie
Date: 10 Sep 11 - 10:41 AM

Wondering if there are any new new songs for 9-11 -- for the 10th anniversary retrospective.