The idea of setting Tallis Canon to names of apples grown in an orchard came from my friend Camilla Cancantata – a great community musician and prolific song writer living in Knighton. Apples have beautiful and evocative names and I enjoyed playing about with the varieties grown at The Donkeyfield Community Orchard in Portobello, Edinburgh, […]
Stand Fast Root 2020
Words: 19th century Sussex Music: Jane Lewis Stand fast root, Bear well top, Pray the God send us a howling good crop, Ev’ry twig apples big, Ev’ry bough, apples now This song works as a 5 part round – or you can sing it in fewer parts if you like! Tune: As a 5 part […]
Wassail Round the Branches Bare 2017
Root and shoot and bud and berry Apple, pear and plum and cherry, Friends and neighbours let’s be merry Wassail round the branches bare, Oh wassail round the branches bare, Oh wassail round the branches Robin Redbreast fluffed and free, Perching on the feasting tree, May there be fruit for you and me Wassail etc […]
May there be Fruitfulness 2019
To your health, dear tree, To the depth of your root, To your health, dear tree, To the tip of your shoot, To your health dear friend, As I take your hand, May peace grow in these troubled days May we learn more loving ways May there be fruitfulness – wassail! All parts: Low: Drone: […]