Soul of the World Multicultural Choir

L'arbre est dans ses feuilles

L'arbre est dans ses feuilles / The Tree Is All In Bloom

Traditional French Canadian – Translation and Arrangement by Heidi McCurdy

Refrain:

French: L'arbre est dans ses feuilles, malurons, maluré

L'arbre est dans ses feuilles, malurons dondé

English: The tree is all in bloom, hurrah, hurray

The tree is all in bloom, oh happy day

Dans cet arbre, il y a un-e branch-e (2x)

On this tree, there is a branch (2x)

Sur cette branche, il y a un nid (2x)

On this branch, there is a nest (2x)

Refrain …

Dans ce nid, il y a un œuf (2x)

In this nest, there is an egg (2x)

Dans cet œuf, il y a un trou (2x)

In this egg, there is a hole (2x)

Refrain …

Dans ce trou, il y a un oiseau (2x)

In this hole, there is a bird (2x)

Dans cet oiseau, il y a un cœur (2x)

In this bird, there is a heart (2x)

Refrain …

Dans ce cœur, il y a de l'amour (2x)

In this heart, there is love (2x)

Refrain …

Music Alone Shall Live

Music Alone Shall Live – Traditional German Round

1 x through all - Unison

1 x through all – Round (enter second line)- 3 sections

1 x through first verse

All things shall perish from under the sky
Music alone shall live
Music alone shall live
Music alone shall live
Never to die

Tout doit sur terre mourir un jour

Mais la musique
Mais la musique

Mais la musique

Vive toujours

Himmel und Erde müssen vergebn

Aber die Musica

Aber die Musica bleibet bestehn

Hineh Mah Tov

Hineh Mah Tov – Traditional Israeli Song

"How good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity."

1 X time through all

Ah….

Sing chorus as a round, two times per group.

Hin-néh mah-tov u - mah náh - eem

Sheh-vet a - khéem gam-yá - khad.

Hin-néh mah-tov u - mah náh - eem

Sheh-vet a - khéem gam-yá - khad.

Hin-néh mah-tov

Shéh-vet a - khéem gam-yá - khad.

Hin-néh mah-tov

Shéh-vet a - khéem gam-yá - khad.

Arirang

Arirang – Traditional Korean, Arr. by Heidi McCurdy

This song has many versions from various regions of Korea. It is so popular it is considered a sort of anthem. Arirang is the name of a mountain pass. The song is a lament for unrequited love, or for a loved one who has left.

INTRO: Piano ½

4 Bars Instr

SOLO: Rosa, Mom, Lynn

4 Bars Instr

ALL: A ri rang a ri rang a ra ri yo

A ri rang go kae lo Naw maw Kan da

Na lul bu ri go Ga shi-nun nim u-u-un

Shim li do Mok ga saw Bal byuhng Nan da

4 Bars Instr

ALL: Arirang arirang arariyo

Over the Arirang pass you must go

How I wish you would not go away

It is such a long walk and I want you to stay

4 Bars Instr

INSTR: Piano and Flute - 16 Bars [ 1 x through ]

4 Bars Instr

ALL: A ri rang a ri rang a ra ri yo

A ri rang go kae lo Naw maw Kan da

Na lul bu ri go Ga shi-nun nim u-u-un

Shim li do Mok ga saw Bal byuhng Nan da

INSTR out.

Welcome Song

Welcome Song - by Heidi McCurdy

With additional lyrics by the Soul of the World Multicultural Choir 2010!

Intro

Bass Pattern (Duhm-duhmm) [ 8 bars ]

Piano comes in after 4 bars

Unison

Welcome … Hello-hello … [ 2 x ] ENGLISH

Bonjour … Bienvenue … [ 2 x ] FRENCH

Harmony

Ola … Bienvenidos … [ 2 x ] SPANISH

Wei (way) … Huān yíng (huang / eeng /) … [ 2 x ] MANDARIN

Vocal Pattern - LOW

Bass pattern (Duhm-duhmm) [ 8 bars ]

Harmony + Bass Pattern

Ki(a)ora … Kia ora … [ 2 x ] MAORI

Yo-koso … Konnichiwa … [ 2 x ] JAPANESE

Vocal Pattern - HIGH

Add HIGH pattern (Duhm-duhmm) [ 8 bars ]

Harmony + Bass + High Pattern

Guten tag … Vilkommen … [ 2 x ] GERMAN

An nyung … Hwan young … [ 2 x ] KOREAN

Salut … Bine ai venit (been-eye veneet) … [ 2 x ] ROMANIAN

Shalom … Bruchim, haba’eem … [ 2 x ] HEBREW

Unison

Welcome … Hello-hello [ 2 x ] ENGLISH

Repeat “Hello-hello” and fade out.

Gayatri Mantra

SANSKRIT:

Aum Bhur Bhuva Svaha
Tat Savitur Varenyam
Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat

TWO TRANSLATIONS BY HEIDI MCCURDY:

As the light of the sun shines on the earth, in the sky,

and in the heavens, so may it shine on us.

So may it illuminate and enlighten our hearts.

I sing the primordial hum, the sound of the universe.

My whole self sings, and everything sings with me:

The reality, the possibility, and the dream.

Resplendent Sun,

I bask in your divine essence

So I may have the freedom to shine

My heart’s own illumination.

Suil a Ruin

Siuil a Ruin – Traditional Irish, Arr. by Heidi McCurdy

(italics = phonetic)

VERSE 1: I wish I were on yonder hill
Tis there I’d sit and cry my fill
Till every tear would turn a mill
Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan. (Iss guh jay thoo mavorneen slawn)

CHORUS: Siuil, siuil, siuil a ruin
Siuil go sochair agus siuil go ciuin
Siuil go doras agus ealaigh liom
Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan
(Shule, shule, shule aroon,
Shule guh succir agus, shule guh kewn,
Shule guh durrus oggus aylig lume,
Iss guh jay thoo mavorneen slawn)

VERSE 2: Ill sell my rock, Ill sell my reel
Ill sell my only spinning wheel
to buy my love a sword of steel
Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan

(Iss guh jay thoo mavorneen slawn)

CHORUS…

VERSE 3: I'll dye my petticoats, I'll dye them red
and it's round the world I will beg for bread
until my parents would wish me dead.
Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan (Iss guh jay thoo mavorneen slawn.)

CHORUS…

VERSE 4: I wish I wish I wish in vain

I wish I had my heart again

And vainly think I’d not complain

Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan.

(Iss guh jay thoo mavorneen slawn.)

CHORUS…

VERSE 5: But now my love has gone to France,
To try his fortune to advance;
If he e'er come back, 'tis but a chance,
Iss guh day thoo mavorneen slawn.

(Iss guh jay thoo mavorneen slawn.)

CHORUS…