From the opera, "The Tender Land," by Aaron Copland. Have a great day, my friends!
The promise of living
With hope and thanksgiving
Is born of our loving
Our friends and our labor.
The promise of growing
With faith and with knowing
Is born of our sharing
Our love with our neighbor.
The promise of loving
The promise of growing
Is born of our singing
In joy and thanksgiving.
For many a year I’ve known these fields
And know all the work that makes them yield.
Are you ready to lend a hand?
We’re ready to work, we’re ready to lend a hand.
By working together we’ll bring in the harvest,
the blessings of harvest.
We plant each row with seeds of grain,
And Providence sends us the sun and the rain.
By lending a arm
Bring out the blessings of harvest.
Give thanks there was sunshine,
Give thanks there was rain,
Give thanks we have hands
To deliver the grain.
O let us be joyful,
O let us be grateful to the Lord
For his blessing.
The promise of living
The promise of growing
The promise of ending
Is labor and sharing and loving.
4 comments:
I love that piece! We sang it a few years ago with the combined choirs at Maryland. I hope you are feeling well enough to cheer on the Terps tomorrow! Sending some of that Copeland feeling your way! Kathleen
Thought the following from the Post would amuse you. Sorry it's so long--I did actually edit some of it out. Glad we know what's important!!!
Freshman center Lynetta Kizer already was aware of the challenge she faced in trying to make up for the loss of Crystal Langhorne and Laura Harper, who are now in the WNBA. Kizer identified "defense and getting boards and bringing energy to the team" as her main focus.
But then Marissa Coleman informed Kizer of another role she needed to fill: Kizer has to replace Harper as Coleman's chest bump partner. It's an important job, especially because Coleman hopes to have many opportunities to celebrate this season.
"You got to be in the right place at the right time," Coleman said. "If a big play happens, I shouldn't have to look for you. You should already be there waiting for me. . . . Those are big shoes to fill. Harp and I had that for three years, but I think [Kizer will] be able to do a pretty good job."
Good composer. Great last name. Needs an "e" though.
Thanks again for sharing the Copland. You have a very sophisticated iPod (but who would not have known?).
You know, I bet that Alien is a Dook fan....
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