FOR 9/26/08 REVELS ASSEMBLY
Dona
Dona
(Original
Yiddish words by Aaron Zeitlin and Shalom Secunda;
English
translation by Arthur Kevess and Teddi Schwartz)
On
a wagon bound for market
There's
a calf with a mournful eye.
High
above him there's a swallow
Winging
swiftly through the sky.
How
the winds are laughing
They
laugh with all their might
Laugh
and laugh the whole day through
And
half the summer's night.
Dona
dona dona dona
Dona
dona dona down
Dona
dona dona dona
Dona
dona dona down
"Stop
complaining," said the farmer,
"Who
told you a calf to be"
Why
don't you have wings to fly away
Like
the swallow so proud and free?"
Calves
are easily bound and slaughtered
Never
knowing the reason why.
But
whoever treasures freedom,
Like
the swallow must learn to fly
Fair
Rosa
1. Fair Rosa
was a lovely child, a lovely child, a lovely child
Fair Rosa was
a lovely child, A long_ time_ ago__
2.
A wicked fairy cast a spell.....
3. Fair
Rosa slept for a hundred years.....
4. The
hedges they all grew around.....
5. And
a handsome prince came riding by.....
6. He
cut the hedges one by one.....
7. He
kissed fair Rosa's lily white hand.....
8. Fair
Rosa will not sleep no more.....
Sant' Antonie
Sant'
Antonie, Sant' Antonie,
lu nemici de lu_ demonie___
Tech Note: I would suggest you use either
Windows Media Player or Real Player to playback these MIDI (.MID) files. Set
them as your default .MID player. That way you'll be able to open the "piano"
and minimize it. Don't use Quicktime because it opens a new page for the music
and you won't be able to view the words while the music is playing.
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Please note: The lyrics and
MIDI files on the following pages are for the educational use of Florence
Sawyer School students only. The original choral music was purchased by the
Florence Sawyer School and the chorus pages are meant solely for our students'
practice.
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