Refrain: Let’s go fly a kite Up to the highest height Let’s go fly a kite And send it soaring Up through the atmosphere Up where the air is clear Oh, let’s go fly a kite
“Are you Going to Scarborough Fair…”. Lyrics by Simon and Garfunkel. Musical Arrangement for Lyre and Small Harp by Sharon Brownell. Played by Lyre Harp novice Christine Kerxhalli on a 19 string diatonic Lyre
There are many different lyric versions and arrangements for this historical British Folk song which dates as far back as 1670. Fascinating historical information is available at this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough_Fair_(ballad)
My Faith Looks Up To Thee by Ray Palmer. Lyre Harp arrangement by Sharon Brownell. Played by Lyre Harp novice Christine Kerxhalli on a 19 string diatonic Lyre
My faith looks up to thee, thou Lamb of Calvary, Savior divine! Now hear me while I pray, take all my guilt away; O let me from this day be wholly thine.
May thy rich grace impart strength to my fainting heart, my zeal inspire; as thou hast died for me, O may my love to thee pure, warm and changeless be, a living fire.
While life’s dark maze I tread, and griefs around me spread, be thou my guide; bid darkness turn to day; wipe sorrow’s tears away, nor let me ever stray from thee aside.
When ends life’s transient dream, when death’s cold sullen stream shall o’er me roll;
Blest Savior, then in love fear and distrust remove; O bear me safe above, a ransomed soul.
Let There Be Peace On Earth. Words and Music by Jill Jackson and Sy Miller. Musical Arrangement for Lyre and Small Harp by Sharon Brownell. Played by Lyre Harp novice Christine Kerxhalli on a 19 string diatonic Lyre
Edelweiss with Lyrics. Music by: Rodgers & Hammerstein. Musical Arrangement for Lyre Harp by Sharon Brownell. Played by Lyre Harp novice Christine Kerxhalli on a 19 string diatonic Lyre.
Morning Light is Breaking with Lyrics. Music by: George James Webb, 1830. Musical Arrangement for Lyre Harp by Sharon Brownell. Played by Lyre Harp novice Christine Kerxhalli on a 19 string diatonic Lyre.
The morning light is breaking, The darkness disappears; The sons of earth are waking To penitential tears; Each breeze that sweeps the ocean Brings tidings from afar, Of nations in commotion, Prepared for Zion’s war.
See heathen nations bending Before the God we love, And thousand hearts ascending In gratitude above; While sinners, now confessing, The gospel call obey, And seek the Saviour’s blessing, A nation in a day.
Blest river of salvation, Pursue thine onward way; Flow thou to every nation, Nor in thy richness stay: Stay not till all the lowly Triumphant reach their home: Stay not till all the holy Proclaim, “The Lord is come.”
Sakura with lyrics in English is a traditional Japanese Folk Song. Musical Arrangement for Lyre Harp by Sharon Brownell. Played by Lyre Harp novice Christine Kerxhalli on a 19 string diatonic Lyre.
“Sakura*is a traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring, the season of cherry blossoms. It is often sung in international settings as a song representative of Japan…..
Lyrics translated from Japanese into English: Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms, In fields, mountains and villages As far as the eye can see. Is it mist, or clouds? Fragrant in the rising sun. Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms, Flowers in full bloom.
Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms, Across the spring sky, As far as the eye can see. Is it mist, or clouds? Fragrant in the air. Come now, come now, Let’s go and see them.”
Plaisir d’amour (aka, “I can’t help falling in love with you”). Musical Arrangement entitled, “February Lyre Song” is a lyre harp arrangement by Sharon Brownell . Played by Lyre Harp novice, Christine Kerxhalli, on a 19 string diatonic Lyre.
The melody of the February Lyre Song is based on “Plaisir d’amour”, a popular French love song composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini. The song was initially written from the perspective of a woman as “Can’t Help Falling in Love with Him”, which explains the first and third line ending on “in” rather than words rhyming with “you”.
“Can’t Help Falling in Love“, as the song came to be known, is a song written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss and published by Gladys Music, Inc. Recorded by singer and actor Elvis Presley, it was part of the album Blue Hawaii (1961), the soundtrack to the movie Blue Hawaii. The song was recorded subsequently in the 1960s by Perry Como, the Lennon Sisters, Doris Day, Patti Page, Andy Williams, Al Martino and Keely Smith. In the 1970s, the song was recorded by Marty Robbins, Bob Dylan, the Stylistics, Shirley Bassey, and Engelbert Humperdinck……
