Living in a Holy City Unison: We come together to work so that face ...

Living in a Holy CityUnison:We come together to work so that face to faceWe can instruct our hands to build a house of grace,For ev’ry one of us here is a dwelling placeAnd we’re assembled for a..Sop. 2, Alto, Tenor, Bass:Holy city. Alleluja, alleluja,(Sop. 1:Holy city, city, city)Sop. 1, Sop. 2, Tenor, Bass:Alleluja, alleluja, you holy city.(Alto:Alleluja, ave)Sop. 2, Alto, Tenor, Bass:Alleluja, alleluja,(Sop. 1:Holy city, city, city)All:Alleluja, alleluja, alleluja.All:We come together to work so that hand in handWe raise our voices up to mark the place we stand.And ev’ry step that you take is a promised landWhen you are heading for a..Sop. 2, Alto, Tenor, Bass:Holy city. Alleluja, alleluja,(Sop. 1:Holy city, city, city)Sop. 1, Sop. 2, Tenor, Bass:Alleluja, alleluja, you holy city.(Alto:Alleluja, ave)Sop. 2, Alto, Tenor, Bass:Alleluja, alleluja,(Sop. 1:Holy city, city, city)

Sop. 1, Sop. 2, Tenor, Bass:Alleluja, alleluja, you holy city.(Alto:Alleluja, ave)Altos:Alleluja, alleluja, alleluja, ave(Tenors:Alleluja, alleluja, luja, you holy city)Altos and Basses:Alleluja, alleluja, alleluja, ave.(Tenors:Alleluja, alleluja, luja, you holy city)Sop. 1, Altos and Tenors:Alleluja, alleluja, oh holy city.(Sop. 2:I must be living in a holy city.I must be living in a holy city.Ave.)(Bass:Alleluja, alleluja, luja,You holy city.)Alto:I must be living in a holy city.I must be living in a holy city.Ave.(Sop. 2 and Bass:Alleluja, alleluja, alleluja, alleluja,)(Sop. 1:City, city.Alleluja, alleluja,You holy city.)(Tenor:Alle, alleluja, alleluja, oh alleluja,You holy city.)Sop. 1:Alleluja, alleluja, alleluja, alleluja,You holy city.Alle, alleluja, alleluja, oh alleluja.(Sop. 2:Alle, alleluja, alleluja, oh alleluja,You holy city, city, city,

Alleluja, alleluja alleluja)(Alto:Alleluja, alleluja, alleluja, ohI must be living in a holy city.I must be living in a holy city.)Alleluja.(Tenor:City, city, city.Alleluja, alleluja, you holy city.Alleluja,alleluja, alleluja, alleluja, leluja.)(Bass:I must be living in a holy city.I must be living in a holy city.Ave.)Alleluja, alleluja, alleluja, alleluja alleluja.(In order)Tenor:Alleuja, you holy city.(Sop. 1:Alleuja. Ave.)(Alto:Alleluja, you holy city)(Sop. 2 and Bass:Alleluja, alleluja, you holy city.)Sop. 1:Alleluja, alleluja(Tenors:Alleluja, alleluja.)(Alto:Alleluja, alleluja.)(Sop. 2 and Basses:Alleluja, alleluja, ave.)(Sop. 2:Alleluja, alleluja, alleluja.)All:Alleluja (9 times)

Rain Come DownUnison:Come, rain, come down,Come, rain, come down,Heaven’s tears of mercyCome a runnin’ down.Male Solo:Say no words, it is too soon,Say no words out loud.But wrap your quiet arms around,Hide us in your cloud.Tenor and Bass:Come, rain, come down,Come, rain, come down,Heaven’s tears of mercy,Come a-runnin’ down.Female Solo:Come wash away this grief and pain,And let all hearts be clean.And bring the fairest flow’rs to meetThe sorrows we have seen.All:Come, rain, come down,Come rain, come down,Heaven’s tears of mercy,Come a-runnin’ down.Two Soloists (or small group):A little lower than the angelsWe were born to be.Oo.

Lament of a Fisher’s WifeSolo:Many a time so wondrous fair,I’ve seen a vision by the sea.Watchin’ waves crash the shore,She waits her lover silently.Tenor:And the sea sprays foam an’ furryAs the fishin’ boats go ta war,Fightin’ battle ‘gainst wave an’ thunder,She waits her lover silently.(Bass:Hm, hm, hm, hm.)All:Rare a beauty is her smile,Her eyes are filled with misty tear.As the waves do pound the shore,She prays her lover’s true ta steer.Tenor:And the sea sprays foam an’ furyAs the fishin’ boats go ta war.Fightin’ battle ‘gainst wave an’ thunder,She prays her lover’s true ta steer.(Bass:Hm hm hm hm).Tenor and Bass alternate:Loo, loo loo loo loo loo looLoo, loo loo loo loo loo looTenor:In the darkness of DecemberStands a lassie fine an’ fair.(Bass:Loo loo lassie fair)All:Gazing out ‘cross ragin’ watersLover’s joy is now despair.Loo loo loo

Tenor:When the boats return ta harborAn’ the haddock gilled an’ cleaned,Comes the(Bass:Loo loo loo)All:Fair lass askin’ questions‘Bout her lover whom no one’s seen.And the sea sprays foam an’ furyAs the fishin’ boats go ta war.As the waves roll on like thunderShe waits her lover silently.And the sea sprays foam an’ furyAs the fishin’ boats go ta warAs the waves roll on like thunderBass:She waits her lover silently.All:Hm hm hm.

Into the SkyEcho from Alto, Sop. 2 then Sop. 1:The birThe birThe birdsHave vaniVaniVaniShdShdShdIntoIntoIntoAll:The skyAnd now the lastClahowoo drains awayEcho from Alto, Sop. 2 and Sop. 1:We sitWe sitWe sitTogetherGetherGetherAll:The mountain and I,Until only the mountain remains.Soloists:(Improv Syllables)Soprano:If I could, I surely would stand on the rockWhere my people stoodHere to meThis son was sent,

Goes the way that my people went.There’s a road.Leaves no trace,When a way becomes a place.And when a way becomes a song,It’s a place that comes a long.Y ‘n ah y y ee y y ‘n d yy ‘n doh y ‘n doh ee y dd ‘nd d wee dee ay deeY ‘n ah y y ee y y ‘n d yy ‘n doh y ‘n doh ee y dd ‘nd d wee dee ay deeAlto:If I could I surely would stand right on the rockWhere my people stoodHere to to me this song was sent.Goes the way that my people went.There’s a road.Leaves no trace.When a way becomes a place.And when a way becomes a song,It’s a place that comes a long.We ah we ah we ah wi di ay diWe ah we ah we ah wi di ay diSoprano:(y=yuh, d=duh)Ah ‘n ah y dee y ‘n doh y dee oh d y d d deey ‘n d y d ‘n doh wee dee wee deeAh ‘n ah y dee y ‘n doh y dee oh d y d d deey ‘n d y d ‘n doh wee dee ooAlto 1:Ah ‘n ah y d ‘n d y ‘n ah y d d dY ‘n ah y d ‘n d doo wee dee doo wee deeAh ‘n ah y d ‘n d y ‘n ah y d d dY ‘n ah y d ‘n d doo wee dee ooAlto 2:Doo wee dee doo wee dee doo wee dee doo wee deeDoo wee dee doo wee dee doo wee dee oo wee deeDoo wee dee doo wee dee doo wee dee doo wee deeDoo wee dee doo wee dee doo wee dee ooSoprano:Wi oo i oo weh oo de ‘n de oo

Sop. 1:Oo weh oo weh ooSop. 2:Dit deh oo weh oo de ‘n de ooSop. 2:Birds vanishThe sky ‘n mountain remains.Sop. 1:Vanish into the skyOnly mountain remains.Sop. 2:Birds vanishThe sky ‘n mountain remains.Birds vanishThe sky ‘n mountain remains.Birds vanishThe sky ‘n mountain remains.Birds vanishThe sky ‘n mountain remains.(Sop. 1:Vanish into the skyOnly mountain remains.Vanish into the skyOnly mountain remains.Vanish into the skyOnly mountain remains.Vanish into the skyOnly mountain remains.)(Alto 2:Birds vanishThe sky ‘n mountain remains.Birds vanishThe sky ‘n mountain remains.Birds vanishThe sky ‘n mountain remains.Birds vanishThe sky ‘n mountain remains.)(Alto 1:Vanish into the skyOnly mountain remains.Vanish into the skyOnly mountain remains.

Vanish into the skyOnly mountain remains ‘n.Vanish into the sky)(Alto 3:Only mountain remainsThe sky ‘n mountain remainsThe sky ‘n only mountain remainsThe sky ‘n mountain remainsThe sky ‘n only mountain remainsThe sky ‘n mountain remainsThe sky ‘n)All:Mountain remains.(rush of wings…)

The Moon is Distant from the SeaSop. and Alto:The moon is distant from the seaAnd yet with amber hands she leads him;She leads him;Docile as a boyAlong appointed sands.All:He never misses a degree;Obedient to her eye,To her eye,Sop. and Alto:He comes just so far toward the town,All:Just so far goes awayO Signor Signor thine the amber hand;Thine the amber hand,And mine the distant sea;Mine the distant sea,Obedient to the least commandThine eye impose on me.The moon is distant from the sea,And yet with amber hands she leads him;She leads him,Docile as a boy, along appointed sands.

Ka Hia ManuSoprano and Alto:Hitirere ake te haga i rungaTenor and Bass:Te ariki riki Hotumatu‘aSoprano and Alto:Kaoha!Ua hiti hiti mai te ‘ava’eTenor and Bass:Te ariki riki Hotumatu’aAlto:Ka o ha!Ma to u ta ma riki Ga na i a.All:Te ariki riki Hotumatu’aAlto:Kaoha!Ta hiti va i ma re a reSop., Tenor, Bass:Ata rahi rumaruma(Alto:A Ruma)All:Hotumatu’a.Tenor:Kaoha!Sop., Alto, Tenor:Ata rahi rumarumaHotumatu’a.Tenor:Kaoha!Sop. and Tenor:Hotumatu’a

Kaoha,Hotumatu’a Kaoha,Kaohao.(Alto:Hmm! Hmm! Hmm! Hmm! Hmm!Hmm! Hmm! Hmm! Hmm! Hao)(Bass:Hmm! Hmm! Hmm! Hmm!Kaohao.)Tenor:Ka hia manu.All:Ka hia manuAva Moa Hiva OaKa hia (a) manuTenor:Ka hia manuAll:Ka hia manuAva Moa Hiva OaKa hia (a) manuBasses (then all join):Kaoha.Bass:Fakateni atu ai te igoa taku fenuaAll:Ee.Alto:Ka hia manu.All:Ka hia manu.Ava Moa Hiva OaKa hia manuAlto:Ta’i no te moe vaikava noho

Sop. and Alto:Ta’i no te moe vaikava no ho, manu ino e,Vaikava noho mano ino e.(Tenor and Bass:Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh ooo.)Alto:Tutuma ha ha ha hakangaro tangiSop. and Alto:Tutuma ha ha ha hakangaro tangi,Manu ino e,Vaikava noho nohoManu ino e.Tutuma ha ha ha hakngaro tangi,Tutuma ha ha ha hakangaro tangi,Ta’i no te moeVaikava no ho no ho,Ta’i no te moeVaikava no ho no ho,Manu ino e,Vaikava no ho no hoManu ino e.(Tenor and Bass:Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh ooo!Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh ooo!)Soprano:OooSop. and Alto:Ahh(Tenor and Bass:Kaoha)Tenor and Bass:Ka hia manu.All:Ka hia manuAva moa Hiva OaKa hia manu.

Sop. and Alto:Ka hia manu.All:Ka hia manu.Alto, Tenor and Bass:Ava Moa,Ka hia manu.Soprano:Ava Moa Hiva Oa,Ka Hia Manu.Alto:Ta’i no te moe vaikava no ho,Vaikava no ho no ho Manu ino e.Ha!(Soprano:Huh!)(Tenor and Bass:Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh Huh ooo.Soprano:Ta’i no te moe vaikava no ho,Sop. and Alto:Vaikava no ho no ho manu ino e.Tutuma ha ha ha hakangaro tangi,Tutuma ha ha ha hakangaro tangi,Ta’i no te moe vaikava ho ho,Vaikava no ho no ho manu ino e.Vaikava no ho no ho manu ino e.Hitirere ake te haga i runga(Tenor and Bass:Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh Huh oooHuh! Huh! Huh! Huh Huh oooHuh! Huh! Huh! Huh Huh oooHuh! Huh! Huh! huh Huh ooo)Tenor and Bass:Te ariki riki Hotumatu’aSop. and Alto:Kaoha!Ua hiti hiti mai te ‘ava’e

Tenor and Bass:Te ariki riki Hotumatu’a.Sop. and Alto:Kaoha!Alto:Mato’u tamariki Ganaia.Sop., Tenor and Bass:Te ariki riki Hotumatu’a.(Alto:Ariki Hotumatu’a.)Alto:Kaoha!Ta hiti vai mare ‘are’aSop., Tenor and Bass:Ata rahi rumarumaHotumatua’a(Alto:Ruma,Hotumatu’a)Alto:Kaoha!Tenor and Bass:Hitirere ake te haga i rungaSop. and Alto:ToitiToitiAll:Hotumatu’a.Sop. and Alto:Aua!Tenor and Bass:Ua hiti hiti mai te ’ava’eSop. and Alto:Manu manu reva reva,

Hotumatu’a.(Tenor and Bass:Hotumatu’a.)Sop. and Alto:Aua!Tenor and Bass:Ta hiti vai mare’a re’a.Sop. and Alto:Ata rahi rumarumaManu manu reva reva,All:Toiti toitiHotumatu’a.Alto:Kaoha!All:Aue te turu e!Aue te turu e!Tere te vaka oHotumatu’a!Ha! (15 times)I aoa i!Ha! Ha!Fenua ha!

This We KnowAlto 2:This we know,This we know,This we know,(Alto 1:This we know,)(Sop. 1:This we know,)(Sop. 2:This we know,)All:The earth does not belong to us.We belong to the earth.This we know,This we know.Solo:All things are connected.All things are connected.All things are connected.Sop. 2:All things are connected.All things are connected.All things are connected.(Alto:This we know,This we know.All things are connected.This we know,This we know.)Sop. 1:All things are connected.All things are connected.This we know.(Sop. 2:All things are connected.All All things are connected.All things are connected.)(Alto:This we know,This we know.

All things are connected.This we know.This we know.)Solo:This we know.All:Like the blood that unites one family,All:Like the blood that unites one family,All things are connected.Solo:Whatever befalls the earth,Befalls the children of the earth.Sop. 1:Whatever befalls the earth,Befalls the children of the earth.Whatever befalls the earth,Whatever befalls the earth,Whatever befalls the earth.(Sop. 2:Whatever befalls the earth,Befalls the children of the earth.Whatever,Whatever befalls the earth,Befalls the earth.)(Alto:Whatever befalls the earth,Befalls the children of the earth.Whatever befalls the earth,Befalls the children of the earth,Whatever befalls the earth.)Solo:We did not weave the web of life.We are merely a strand in it.Sop. 2:We did not weave the web of life.Sop. 1:We did not weave the web,

We are merely a strand in it.We are merely a strand in it.(Sop. 2:We are merely a strand in it.We did not weave the web of life,We are merely a strand in it.)(Alto:We did not weave the web,)All:We are merely a strand in it.Soprano and Alto:Whatever befalls the earth,Solo:Whatever, whatever we do,Alto:Whatever,Unison:Whatever, we do to the web,We do to ourselves,We do to outselves,This we know.This we know.

I Will Be EarthUnison:I will be earth,You be the flower.You have found my root,You are the rain.I will be boat,And you the rower.You rock me,You toss me,You are the sea.Alto:How be steady earth that’s now a flood.Soprano:The root is the oar afloat where has blown our bud.(Alto:Bud.)Alto:We will be desert,Pure salt the seed.(Soprano:Seed.)All:Burn radiant love,Born scorpion need.Ah AhBurn radiant love,Born scorpion need.Soprano:AhAlto:I will be earth,You be the flower.(Soprano:Flower.)Alto:You have found my root,You are the rain

I will be boat,And you the rower.You rock me and toss me,(Soprano:AhRain.And you the rower)Soprano:You rock me and toss me,You rock me and toss me,Rock me and toss me,(Alto:You rock me and toss me,Rock me and toss me,You are the sea.)Sop. 1:You are,Sop. 2:You are,Sop. 1:You are,You are,You are the sea.(Sop. 2:You are,You are,You are the sea.)(Alto:You are,You are the sea.)

I’ve Got Peace Like a RiverBass:I’ve got peace like a river,I’ve got peace like a river,I’ve got peace like a river in my soul.Bass and Baritone:I’ve got peace like a river,All:I’ve got peace like a river,I’ve got peace like a riverTenor:In my soul.Baritone:In my soul.Bass:In my soul.Tenor:I’ve got joy like a fountain,Tenor and Baritone:I’ve got joy like a fountain,All:I’ve got joy like a fountainIn my soul.Bass and Baritone:I’ve got joy like a fountain,I’ve got joy like a fountain,(Tenor:I’ve got joy.I’ve got joy!All:I’ve got joy in my soul.Bass and Baritone:The water is wideI cannot cross o’er,

And neither have IWings to fly.Unison:Give me a boatThat can carry twoAnd both shall rowMy love and I.Tenor:Love is gentle and love is kind.I’ve got love in my soul.Love grows oldAnd waxes cold.Love fades away like the morning dew.(Baritone:Now love is gentle,And love is kind,The sweetest flowerWhen first it’s new.But love grows oldAnd waxes cold,And fades away like morning dew.)(Bass:I’ve got love like an ocean,I’ve got love like an ocean,I’ve got love like an ocean in my soul.I’ve got love like an ocean,I’ve got love like an ocean,I’ve got love like an ocean in my soul.)Bass:PeaceBaritone:JoyTenor:LoveAll:In my soul.

BarterAll:Life has loveliness to sell,All beautiful and splendid things.Blue waves whitened on a cliff,On a cliff.Soaring fire that sways and sings.And children’s faces looking up,Holding wonder like a cup.Life has loveliness to sell.Music like a curve of gold.Scent of pine treesSop. 2 and Alto:Scent of pine trees in the rain.(Sop. 1:In the rain.)All:Eyes that love you,Eyes that love you,Eyes that love you.Arms that hold,Arms that hold.And for your spirit’s still delightHoly thoughts that star the night.Life has loveliness to sell.Spend all you have for loveliness,But it and never count the cost;For one white shining hourFor one white shining hour,For one white shining hour of peace.Count many a year of strife well lost.And for a breath of ecstasyGive all you have been,Or could be.

Into and Among YouAll:Ho!You sun, You Moon, You Stars,All you that move in the heavens,I bid you hear me!Into ‘n among you has come a new Life.To you I beseech!Make smooth its pathSo this new one may reachThe brow o’ the first hill,The brow o’ the first hill,The brow o’ the first hill!Ho!You Winds, You Clouds, You Rain, and MistAll you that move in the air,I bid you hear me!Into ‘n among you has come a new Life.To you I beseech!Make smooth its pathSo this new one may reachThe brow o’ the second hill,The brow o’ the second hill,The brow o’ the second hill!Ho!You Hills ‘n Valleys ‘n Rivers ‘n Lakes,You Stone ‘n Soil, ‘n Trees, ‘n Grass,All you of the earth,I bid you hear me!Into ‘n among you has come a new Life.To you I beseech!Make smooth its pathSo this new one may reachThe brow ‘o the third hill,The brow ‘o the third hill,The brow o’ the third hill!Ho!You big ‘n small birdsWho fly in the air,You big ‘n small creaturesWho dwell in the woods,You insects who creep in the grass ‘n the groundI bid you hear me!Into ‘n among you has come a new Life.To you I beseech!

Make smooth its pathSo this new one may reachThe brow o’ the fourth hill,The brow o’ the fourth hill,The brow o’ the fourth hill!Ho!Ho!Bass and Tenor:All you of the heavens, air, ‘n earth,(Alto:All you of the air, ‘n earth,)(Soprano:All you of the earth,)All:I bid you all to hear me!Into ‘n among you has come a new Life.To all of you I beseech!Make smooth its path,Then this new one shall reachAnd travel beyond the four hills!

Animal CrackersThe PantherAll:The Panther is like a leopardExcept it hasn’t been peppered.If you behold a panther crouchPrepare, (prepare) to say, “ouch”.Better yet if called by a panther,Don’t anther.The CowBass:MooMooAll:The cow is of the Bovine ilkBass:MooAll:One end is mooSoprano:The otherAll:MilkThe FireflyAll:The firefly’s flameIs something for which science has no name.I can think of no thing eerierThan flying around with an unidentified glowOn a person’s posterior.Posterior.Posterior.