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Emerson's Universal Round

from Summon the Sun by Crosscurrents Music

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Quotations from Universalist pastor Ralph Waldo Emerson set to a traditional Christmas carol and a Hebrew round.

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I (tune: Hey Ho, Nobody Home)
Melody born of melody
Melts the world into a sea
This is music, music-born

IIa (tune: Zum, Gali Gali Gali)
Crackling and spurting of hemlock in the flames
Crackling and spurting of hemlock in the flames

IIb (tune: Zum, Gali Gali Gali descant)
Pine logs lend glory to the walls
And faces in the sitting room

III (tune: God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen)
She lays her beams in music,
In music every one,
To the cadence of the whirling world
Which dances round the sun.

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from Summon the Sun, released December 2, 2020

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Crosscurrents Music Boston, Massachusetts

Lynn Noel brings traditional song and heritage arts online to create community. Lynn has a voice of striking clarity and power, equally at home in rhythmic chanteys and flowing ballads.

Lynn is a respected song session leader on both sides of the Atlantic and the producer and host of the Mermaid's Tavern online folk club. She is currently Program Chair of the New England Folk Festival (NEFFA).
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