Charm

Earth and Soul |Endings, Loss and Change

This makes a beautiful remembrance song or earth connection song. The source of the text for Charm is from the Carmina Gadelica, Alexander Carmichael’s great collection of Gaelic hymns and incantations collected in the Scottish highlands and islands in the latter half of the 19th century.

It has an A section with s a 3 part backing riff and a solo or group of singers singing the words. The B or chorus section has a different incantation each time: 1) Sun, moon, stars 2) Rain, dew, sea 3) Land, sky, heaven.

 

Mood

Poignant, powerful

Technical

Contrasting A and B sections each 16 bars in 3/4.
2 Verses

Lyrics

There’s part of you on the gleaming clouds
And there’s part of you on the swift cascades
And part of you on the great surging sea
Sleep in the rock of the field
Power of rain I have over you
Power of dew I have over you
Power of sea I have over you
Sleep in the rock of the field

What’s included?

pdf of score, mp3 recording of whole song, mp3 separate parts

£5.00

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