To My Old Brown Earth
SATB choral score (Eb major)
LL101-SATB-Choir Unaccompanied
SSAA choral score (Gb major)
LL101-SSAA-Choir Unaccompanied
A WORK FOR SATB or SSAA CHOIR UNACCOMPANIED.
LL101 To My Old Brown Earth is the choral unaccompanied version of a song by Pete Seeger. Choral arrangement and harmonization by Paul Halley. A simple yet richly layered setting of Seeger’s humble ode to his beloved ‘old brown earth’ and ‘old blue sky'.
The original SATB choral arrangement by Paul Halley was created for the Grammy-winning recording "Pete" in 1996, with folk legend Pete Seeger, and Paul Halley's choral ensemble, Gaudeamus, and can be heard on the video included with this listing.
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To My Old Brown Earth
To my old brown earth and to my old blue sky,
I'll now give these last few molecules of "I".
And you who sing, and you who stand nearby,
I do charge you not to cry.
Guard well our human chain;
watch well you keep it strong,
As long as sun will shine.
And this our home,
keep pure and sweet and green,
For now I'm yours,
and your are also mine.
(c) 1964 Words and melody by Pete Seeger (1919 - 2014)
(c) 1996 Choral arrangement by Paul Halley (1952 - )
