Portland May Revels! - Caminantes del Equinoccio

Portland May Revels! - Caminantes del Equinoccio
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Robi Arce Writer/Director
Nelda Reyes Co-Creator
Gerardo Calderon Musician and Composer
Mark Douglass Community Chorus Director, Music Arrangements
Program
1. Come Walk With Us/Hamba Nathi (Traditional, South Africa) - A little-known "freedom song" from the anti-apartheid movement, an invitation to join the journey to freedom.
2. Round and Round the Earth is Turning (Anonymous) - A traditional canon sung as part of the Cambridge Midsummer Revels. Please join us!
Round and round the earth is turning.
Turning, turning round till morning,
And from morning round till night.
3. El Gallo Pinto (The Painted Rooster) (Traditional) - A children's canon about a sleepy rooster.
4. Hey Ho, to the Green Wood - A round attributed to composer William Byrd
5. Long Time Traveler (Edmund Dumas, 1856) - A southern harmony hymn from the Sacred Harp songbook. A "renunciation hymn," in the tradition of hymns such as "Wayfaring Stranger," mourning the loss of what is familiar and embracing the unknown. Arranged by Mark Douglass.
6. Bright Morning Stars (As sung by Tony and Irene Saletan) - An Appalachian song with Irish roots, arranged by Mark Douglass.
7. Las Olas (Gerardo Calderon) - A round composed by our resident musician.
Las olas del mar, la paz que me dan./The waves of the ocean give me peace.
Cuando el sol se va, las olas se van./When the sun goes, the waves go.
8. Thula/Listen (Traditional Shona) - A gathering song from east Africa announcing the arrival of an elder. Thula, ulalele means "listen, stop talking!"
9. Country Life (English Folk Song) - Collected in Wenselydale from singer Mik Taylor. Arranged by Mark Douglass. Please join us!
Chorus
I like to rise when the sun she rises early in the morning;
I like to hear them small birds singing merrily upon their laylums,
And hurrah for the life of a country boy, and to ramble in the new mown hay
Recorded at The Rockwood Center, Portland Oregon on May 15, 2019.
Alan Niven, video and audio