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The song is a brief acoustic piece (once compared to English rock band the Moody Blues) that evokes "a time of innocence." [2] [3] The “Bookends Theme ” is preceded by "Old Friends", which segues into the song with a single high, sustained note on the strings. [4] The “Bookends Theme ” contains vocal accompaniment from the duo.
I want the early ones to be about youth and the last song to be about old age, and I want the feel of each song to fit." [33] Bookends, originally released primarily as a vinyl LP, opens and closes side one of the disc with the "Bookends Theme", a brief acoustic piece (once compared to the work of English rock band the Moody Blues) that evokes ...
The short companion song "Bookends Theme (Reprise)," addresses loss and the fleeting nature of memories, and of time spent together. On the album "Old Friends," the title generally conveys the introduction or ending of sections, and the song builds upon a "rather loose formal structure" that at first includes an acoustic guitar and soft mood. [3]
"Kathy's Song" (Live) – 3:23 "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (Daniel Alomía Robles; English lyrics by Simon, arranged by Jorge Milchberg) – 3:08 "Bookends" (same track as "Bookends Theme" from the Bookends LP; although cross-faded from "Old Friends" on Bookends, on this album it is a stand-alone track) – 1:21
For the next 7 years, I led a 22-girl choir, Na Hokulele, and was also the leader of my daughter's Girl Scout Troop #755 for eight years. These experiences led to the development and release of my first CD, Girl Scouts Greatest Hits, Vol 1, We Change the World in 1997. This music series was born out of my own need to find quality recordings of ...
Lacking "a common fund of song", Ince founded a "Song Book Committee" [2] and in December 1921, the first edition of the new song book was printed. It was a soft-covered pocket-sized book in the traditional Songster format [ 3 ] and included a mix of folk and popular songs, together with some hymns and items composed specifically for Scouts.
After early adoption by the Scandinavian Scout organisations, the song became eventually (starting in the 1940s and 1950s) a global hit among Scouts. The Ging Gang melody is today the same as in 1905, whereas the spelling of the lyrics has changed in translations. The 1905 lyrics: Hinkan, kolikolikolikolifejsan / Kinkan koh, kinkan koh
The lyrics are a reference to the many "dancing girls" who performed in the bars, concert-hall dives, and brothels of the Buffalo, New York, Canal district, which at that time was the western terminus of the Erie Canal and the site where canal and freighter crewmen received their wages.