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"I Shall Sing" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. Morrison recorded it as part of the Moondance album sessions, but did not initially release the track. It was released on CD in 2013. [1] The song was also recorded by Art Garfunkel for his debut solo album, Angel Clare, released by Columbia Records in 1973.
The lyrics of the song are, in many places, exceedingly obscure, and present an unusual mixture of Christian catechesis, astronomical mnemonics, and what may be pagan cosmology. The musicologist Cecil Sharp , influential in the folklore revival in England, noted in his 1916 One Hundred English Folksongs that the words are "so corrupt, indeed ...
1933 – Let 'Em Eat Cake (lyrics by Ira Gershwin), sequel to Of Thee I Sing 1935 – Porgy and Bess (lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward ) Revived on Broadway in 1942, 1943, 1953, 1976 ( Houston Grand Opera winner of the Tony Award for Most Innovative Revival of a Musical), 1983, and 2012
The lyrics also show a trend toward those more commonly associated with "Children, Go Where I Send Thee." For instance, the line "Two, two, the lily-white boys clothed all in green" in Grainger's recording has become "One was the little white babe all dressed in blue" in the Bellwood Prison Camp recording. [7] [2]
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; I would my true love did so chance To see the legend of my play, To call my true love to my dance; Chorus (sung after each verse) Sing, oh! my love, oh! my love, my love, my love, This have I done for my true love. Then was I born of a virgin pure, Of her I took fleshly substance Thus was I knit to man's nature
I'll sing you fourteen, O! Red fly the banners, O! What is your fourteen, O? Fourteen for the IQ of the average Trot, Thirteen for the holes in Trotsky's head, Twelve for the hours on the Kremlin clock, Eleven for the Moscow Dynamos, Ten for the days that shook the world, Nine for the days of the General Strike, Eight for the hours of the ...
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When by His grace I shall look on His face, That will be glory, Be glory for me. 2. When by the gift of His infinite grace, I am accorded in heaven a place, Just to be there and to look on His face, Will thro’ the ages be glory for me. 3. Friends will be there I have loved long ago; Joy like a river around me will flow;