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The Gift to Sing
This beautifully crafted anthem pays homage to the healing power of song.
2-part, any voice combination and piano
Commissioned for the 2017 Seattle Sings Choral Festival, this beautifully crafted anthem pays homage to the healing power of song. Useful for a variety of occasions; great closer!
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The Gift To Sing
Sometimes the mist overhangs my path,
And blackening clouds about me cling;
But, oh, I have a magic way
To turn the gloom to cheerful day—
I softly sing.
And if the way grows darker still,
Shadowed by Sorrow’s somber wing,
With glad defiance in my throat,
I pierce the darkness with a note,
And sing, and sing.
I brood not over the broken past,
Nor dread whatever time may bring;
No nights are dark, no days are long,
While in my heart there swells a song,
And I can sing.
– James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
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