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B.E. Boykin
Graphite Publishing
It’s a Long Way
An accessible work for developing choirs about the winds of destiny that carry us on life’s journey.
for SATB and piano
Graphite prides itself on publishing accessible, artful music. Boykin’s “It’s a Long Way” is easy to play and sing, but is also interesting and expressive. Mostly homophonic, diatonic, and stabilized with a supportive accompaniment, developing choirs will sing this piece with confidence. The swaying of the compound meter is echoed in the “blowing seawinds” of the text. Some interesting interplay of “two-against-three” will keep a choir on their toes and makes for some fun rhythmic counterpoint.
Text
It’s a long way the sea-winds blow
Over the sea-plains blue,—
But longer far has my heart to go
Before its dreams come true.
It’s work we must, and love we must,
And do the best we may,
And take the hope of dreams in trust
To keep us day by day.
It’s a long way the sea-winds blow—
But somewhere lies a shore—
Thus down the tide of Time shall flow
My dreams forevermore.
-William Stanley Braithwaite (1878-1962)
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