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MSC0023 – In the Lemon Groves – PERUSAL SCORE PDF
PROGRAM NOTE:
In the Lemon Groves is a work originally written for TTBB choir and piano, and composed as a tribute to Gord Jarvis (a much-beloved and long-standing member of the Queensmen Male Chorus, as well as a personal friend to the composer). The occasion of the composition was in anticipation for Ontario Sings 2024, an annual massed chorus concert organized by the Associated Male Choruses of Ontario. The work is a setting of a poem by James Clarke entitled Going Home.
ORIGINAL TEXT:
Going Home
James Clarke (b. 1933)
Be patient.
We are going home.
It is not far. We are rocking
in the great belly of the ship.
No light cracks the dark sea, but the ship is strong, (the voyage will not be long.)*
We will arrive early.
It will be morning. We will
rub our unshelled eyes, see
the shore rise.
We will untangle our bones & play in the lemon groves, (dwell
in a white house near blue water. There will be time.) Be patient. We are going home.
*bracketed portions have been omitted.
[Text used by permission from the author.]
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