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Lost words Blessing

Kris Drever, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart, Seckou Keita, Kerry Andrew, Bethany Porter, Jim Molyneux, Rachel Newton

Lost words Blessing

Lyrics

Ya hey ya hey, Ya hey ya hey 


1. Enter the wild with care, my love, and speak the things you see
Let new names take and root and thrive and grow
And even as you travel far from heather, crag and river
May you like the little fisher, set the stream alight with glitter
May you enter now as otter without falter into water


Ya hey......

2. Look to the sky with care, my love and speak the things you see
Let new names take and root and thrive and grow
And even as you journey on past dying stars exploding
Like the gilded one in flight, leave your little gifts of light
And in the dead of night my darling, find the gleaming eye of starling
Like the little aviator, sing your heart to all dark matter


Ya hey....


3. Walk through the world with care, my love, and sing the things you see
Let new names take and root and thrive and grow
And even as you stumble through my hair sands eroding
Let the fern unfurl your grieving, let the heron still your breathing
Let the selkie swim you deeper, oh my little silver-seeker
Even as the hour grows bleaker, be the singer and the speaker
And in city and in forest, let the larks become your chorus
(Sops) And when every hope is gone

All: let the raven call you home

Parts

Soprano
00:00 / 03:34
Alto
00:00 / 03:34
Tenor
00:00 / 03:34
Bass
00:00 / 03:34
All Voices
00:00 / 03:35
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