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04 Mar 09 - 08:36 PM (#2581480) Subject: Tune Add: The Coyote - Badger Clark From: Stewart Okay, I just can't resist a good lyric without adding a tune to make a song. The Coyote, a poem by Badger Clark came up on this thread that I just saw a couple hours ago. The words chose this melody (my own, I think) which I quickly learned and recorded HERE THE COYOTE (Charles Badger Clark) Trailing the last gleam after, In the valleys emptied of light, Ripples a whimsical laughter Under the wings of the night. Mocking the faded west airily, Meeting the little bats merrily, Over the mesas it shrills To the red moon on the hills. Mournfully rising and waning, Far through the moon-silvered land Wails a weird voice of complaining Over the thorns and the sand. Out of blue silences eerily, On to the black mountains wearily, Till the dim desert is crossed, Wanders the cry, and is lost. Here by the fire's ruddy streamers, Tired with our hopes and our fears, We inarticulate dreamers Hark to the song of our years. Up to the brooding divinity Far in that sparkling infinity Cry our despair and delight, Voice of the Western night! Badger Clark, in Grass Grown Trails," included in "Sun and Saddle Leather," 1952 edition, pp. 107-108, Chapman & Grimes, Boston. Cheers, S. in Seattle |
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04 Mar 09 - 08:41 PM (#2581482) Subject: RE: Tune Add: The Coyote - Badger Clark From: Deckman Very, very nice. Quite lyrical. bob |
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04 Mar 09 - 09:37 PM (#2581502) Subject: RE: Tune Add: The Coyote - Badger Clark From: katlaughing It lends itself well to harmony. I like it, very much! Thanks! |
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05 Mar 09 - 03:48 PM (#2582031) Subject: RE: Tune Add: The Coyote - Badger Clark From: Stewart Thanks Kat I just added it to my song page along with a pdf music score and a mp3 file. Cheers, S. in Seattle where coyotes seldom roam |
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05 Mar 09 - 03:55 PM (#2582035) Subject: RE: Tune Add: The Coyote - Badger Clark From: Joe Offer Nice song, Stewart. I have to say I don't have a very romantic view of coyotes. A pack of them set up a howl just outside our bedroom window one night last month, and my wife and I just about jumped through the ceiling... -Joe- |
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05 Mar 09 - 05:55 PM (#2582140) Subject: RE: Tune Add: The Coyote - Badger Clark From: katlaughing They were just trying to spice things up for ya, Joe.:-) Stewart, thanks for posting the pdf, etc. I will enjoy learning this one. We were raised on Clark, Kipling, Service and others. |