Marianne Lihannah sings and plays 'November'; a beautiful folkie children song for Autumn/Winter, whenever that will be in your part of the world. Therefore, it doesn't have to be sung only in November. On Youtube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tCaE5gbzcA&t=7s                                     
you can see the actions as well as children playing on classroom instruments. The melody up until and including the first 'Deep below,deep below, new life will spring', is composed by Elisabeth Lebret. It is from her wonderful book called 'Pentatonic Songs' (for nursery, kindergarden and grade 1 and 2 children). The added harmonies afterwards are Marianne's arrangements meant only for older children who like the challenge of singing the last falling phrase like a free canon. The song doesn't need that canon at the end at all, nor the arrangement with classroom instruments which she added. it is a way of making a song come more alive in that way and children can play freely with drums on the phrase, 'cold and harm', or on triangles on 'Golden light' and 'sheltering wing'. Likewise on shakies of all kinds on 'clouds of dead leaves earthward drift'.
In the song lyres are being strum on 'Warmth and light live there, hidden from our sight'.
Be creative and add your own instruments. For ex. you could have claves on 'Through the field the farmer goes', on his foot steps.
These instruments help children to learn to come in at the right places and don't need a lot of prior skills (apart from the flute) and are great fun, as well as they can richly enhance the musical experience. And because there aren't complicated harmonies, they won't hinder the children's pace of learning the song.

The beautiful lyrics are by Elisabeth Gmeyner from (Key of the Kingdom)

1. Golden light is turning grey,
mists begin to rule the day.
Bare the trees, their branches lift,
clouds of dead leaves earthward drift.

2. Through the field the farmer goes,
seeds of ripened corn he sows.
Trusts the earth will hold it warm,
shelter it from cold and harm.

3. For he knows, that warmth and light
live there, hidden from our sight.
And beneath a sheltering wing, deep below, new life will spring!

Deep below, deep below, new life will spring!

November

November | Marianne Lihannah | Elisabeth Lebret

This track is my very first published recording - from the time of my life where I was performing frequently in folk clubs.
It is quite old and from the very beginning of my singing career. It was recorded and put onto a compilation CD featuring a lot of musicians, who at the time performed regularly at Minchinhampton folk club.
The CD was called 'Barnstorming Folk' and a lot of the proceeds for the CD went to the Meningitis Trust. I think all the physical CD's were sold back then. It was recorded by the skilled guitarist and singer Colin Sillence in his recording studio; Heronshaw studio. He is also featured on this CD.

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