SATB with Piano
Duration: 2.5 min
Text: Katharine Tynan
Pavane Publishing
Commissioned by the Amabile Choirs of London, Canada. Dedicated to Ken Fleet for the thousands of lives he has, and continues to inspire. From Pavane: This is the perfect song of encouragement from the poem by Katharine Tynan – be yourself – sing your song. Matthew Emery’s setting maintains a vitality that not only encourages but celebrates it. An excellent festival song for high school and college choirs, and community choirs too. Easy to Medium.
Sing your song
There’s music in my heart all day,
I hear it late and early,
It comes from fields are far away,
The wind that shakes the barley.
Sing your song
Above the uplands drenched with dew
The sky hangs soft and pearly,
An emerald world is listening to
The wind that shakes the barley.
Sing your song
Above the bluest mountain crest
The lark is singing rarely,
It rocks the singer into rest,
The wind that shakes the barley.
Sing your song
Oh, still through summers and through springs
It calls me late and early.
Come home, come home, come home, it sings,
The wind that shakes the barley.
Sing your song
Themes: singing, community, nature, summer, barley, fields, lark, birds, sky, coming together, life, joy, happiness, music, heart, longing, uplifting, mixed choir, easy
Dr. Matthew Emery 