poem to song by gitika partington and andrew mccrorie-shand and william butler yeats

W B YEATS

I am celebrating my 80th week writing a song a week with https://www.iheartsongwritingclub.com a wonderous community of songwriters. Each 10 week term you are in a group of 10 songwriters on line ( you can go in disguise if you like)and all the tasks and feedback are done in your own time online. Each week you have a brief and spend minimum of one hour creating the bones of a song which you post and it is listened to by the other 9 writers and gentle feedback given from other songwriters which is very precious. It has been my creative lifeline over the last year and a half. The cost is a  few Australian dollars a week and the website is so well put together. The Brief this week was TAPESTRY . My dear departed beautiful mum made tapestries and this is a photo of three she made for me -the one with the ducks got left at Vitoria Railway station at Christmas when she came to visit anD I had to go on a rescue mission to find it ..Imagine all those hours of work lost! The song is about the birthday tapestry with my name on and that special thread.

NEVER WILL BE BROKEN ( week 80 I heart songwriting club)

Hard Lines

Check out my band 3 Bucket Jones  https://3bucketjones.bandcamp.com/album/catch-my-breath-album-5 https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/3bucketjones/the-singles-2017-2018 (visit)
Share on Twitter I had a dear friend Pete who sadly died a couple years ago..I have not seen him for decades but something stuck he said which was if the 'up was worth the down' whether it be an experience  a relationship or imibing something  you would do it. SO that was the starting point.. Thannks to lovely Lukas Drinkwater again.
LYRICS 
No hangover the morning after. No regrets,   after  honeymoon laughter. I want to invent a pill that only gives you spark. I want to invent a day that never fades into dark. no raven night after the sunniest time   no nasty side effects after saying you're mine I want  to invent a pill that only gives you a  spark I want to invent a day that never fades into  dark. Gonna  spend more time with you, Peter said that  the up’s worth the down. I'd wake up to days brand, new Peter said that  the up’s worth the down  that   the love it will  keep coming a round  No lyrics for the second verse I got no time No yin and yang no minus and plus sign

Peter Says

Little demo wrote and recorded this morning  ..only 2 mins of loveliness...19th August 2023. thought I would share. a good start methinks .

Sing a song of grace
hold it  sweetly to our heart
we want more of love  we say we do
through the fire through the blue

got  no monochrome
keeping all the drama down
indigo through flame to  blue
now we got wings everythings so new  
 WE CAN FLY FLY WE CAN FLY !

soaring  peaks of snow
we want everyone to know
we want it all we shout aloud
flying high above  the clouds

climb the mountain high
then  we soar in bluest sky
father sun grandmother moon
we find our heart our breathing room so we can fly

FLY LKE AN EAGLE

FLY LIKE AN EAGLE

week 153 ..I write and record a song every week. 
LYRICS
how come I'm  the one putting my foot in it again
wearing my heart on my sleeve
telling the world how I feel
hoping it will  heal us  

How come I have constant knot in my refrain
expecting you to work it all out
thinking my feelings they shout
the bleeding obvious 
no one ever x2 , gave us the tools
only taught  us how to stick to, or break all the rules
 no one ever x2  showed us the way
how to ring our personal fire brigade
 no one ever told us how to stand up and fight
for the things we loved for things that were right 
  'how do you feel?'  no-one asked when we were young
oh oh oh oh oh    
when will we,  when will we ever learn
to stop going around
in circles, red hot circles  in circles again
three hundred and sixty degrees of pain
still going around
in circles,  red hot circles in  circles  again
Sing it for  me two more times
sing it  for me one more time

This 

week 153. Circles

This is the first draft of the choral piece which will be created from this blue print 

 THE WHITE BIRDS

        by: W.B. Yeats

        WOULD that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea!
        We tire of the flame of the meteor, before it can fade and flee;
        And the flame of the blue star of twilight, hung low on the rim of the sky,
        Has awakened in our hearts, my beloved, a sadness that may not die.
         
        A weariness comes from those dreamers, dew-dabbled, the lily and rose;
        Ah, dream not of them, my beloved, the flame of the meteor that goes,
        Or the flame of the blue star that lingers hung low in the fall of the dew:
        For I would we were changed to white birds on the wandering foam: I and you!
         
        I am haunted by numberless islands, and many a Danaan shore,
        Where Time would surely forget us, and Sorrow come near us no more;
        Soon far from the rose and the lily, and fret of the flames would we be,
        Were we only white birds, my beloved, buoyed out on the foam of the sea!

The White Birds

first draft
The Stolen Child - by W B YEATS...
                     
Where dips the rocky highland
Of Sleuth Wood in the lake,

There lies a leafy island
Where flapping herons wake

The drowsy water rats;
There we've hid our faery vats,

Full of berrys
And of reddest stolen cherries.
   
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

Where the wave of moonlight glosses
The dim gray sands with light,

Far off by furthest Rosses
We foot it all the night,

Weaving olden dances
Mingling hands and mingling glances

Till the moon has taken flight;
To and fro we leap  
And chase the frothy bubbles,
While the world is full of troubles
And anxious in its sleep.

Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

Where the wandering water gushes
From the hills above Glen-Car,
In pools among the rushes
That scarce could bathe a star,
We seek for slumbering trout
And whispering in their ears

Give them unquiet dreams;
Leaning softly out
From ferns that drop their tears
Over the young streams.

Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

THE STOLEN CHILD

The Song of Wandering Aengus
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.

When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire a-flame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And someone called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair 
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.

Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done,
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.

THE SONG OF WANDERING AENGUS

When You Are Old 
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

WHEN YOU ARE OLD

The Lake Isle of Innisfree
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.

I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.

LAKE ISLE OF INNESFREE

Please share this with people who like hearing new things, and tell the artists if you like their music. I'll encourage them to tag their own tracks x

Set List: 

1. Roly Poly  by Stergin
2. The Lion's Share by Lee Pierre
3. Away Sometimes by Camille Baziadoly and The Filthy Honey
4. zed zero by Flyswatter Maestro
5. ZAUBER FRAU by Mimi and That Guy
6. Found another year by Sidebanks
7. thisisDJSHAYA4 by Jeff Adams ft DJ Shaya
8. Azure by Raised by Puritans
9. You're So Good by Retro Kid
10. Oh Smile by The Equatoreal Group
11. 8 by Paine Paul
12. Tomorrow by The Shops
13. Bobo by Escape Hatch
14. MadHouse (Jiggy with it) by Honkey Bitch
15. Levi by Leva for King
16. Sideways by Camille Baziadoly and The Filthy Honey
17. The Catch by Girobabies
18. Find Your Tribe  by Lewis Daniel
19. Anuran Magic (Extended Mix) by St3v3L33
20. Return of the Masked Marauder by Junkyard of Silenced Poets
21. Walk a Mile In My Shoes by Alexys
22. HMS Albion by KID SCARAMOUCHE
23. I'm too goth by Pet Twin
24. The Hand That Did the Deed by Erotic Secrets of Pompeii
25. Time Stands Still  by Gitika Partington
26. john simpson by dead things
27. The Future Is Leisure by Thomas Truax
28. He by Rochelle Rochelle
29. I'm Glad Its Not Sunny by Novelty Island
30.  Morro Bay by Combover Beethoven
31. Roboto by Shugorei
32. Fake Teenage Romance (Single Version) by Grungy Bill
33. The Truths You Collect by Prodbear
34. Yaya by Anichi
35. Be There by Arpraxis
36. Cobra by Lamia 
37. KINGOFHEARTS by Blaise MC
38. Brave New World by The Ethal Skinners
39. Why Mi Gwaan Suh by Tha M3
40. WHITE WEDDING by Bloody Tourist
41. The Drought Is Coming by Andy Smythe
42. Birds aren't real by Baffo d'Oro
43. Ataxia mp3 by Secret Rivals 
44. Cherry tree by Katarina Kitka
45. This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things Ozone mix by Pulses 
46. I Wake Up Slowly by Oslo Twins
47.  honey locusts w plant thief (prod. n0vals) by n0vals
48. The Standing Stones of Stenness by Ant Smith
49. Scatterbag by Peter McDonnell
50. Moonbeam by Robert Maitland
51. Hai-Am-Koo by Marble Stars
52. Bossa Doll by Nylon Nyeshi
53. Girl in the Bar by The New Music Sculptors
54. FREE by Andonie
55. rooks by lost signal 
56. Say it like you mean it by Stephen Folkes
57. Hisayasu Satō Voyeurism Blues by Spectre Horsemen, Pale With Dust
58. Made In Heaven by Lex Vervain
59. On Love by Battery Point
60. Pedestrian Sex by Machine Music
61. National Hero by Televised Mind
62. Stella by All Mad Here

Will Farr's Eclectic Mix Volume 4

How are you supposed to describe it?  If you listen to it twice you may end up with the proverbial ear worm. It is gonna be a choral piece very soon. altogether now..."I'm gonna follow your lighthouse back...oh oh oh oh"

FOLLOW YOUR LIGHTHOUSE BACK

Song Title: Loves on the Table (Feat. Matt Dame)
Artist: Audio Impact 
Writers Name & Split: Kevin Arthur Gordon 50% ASCAP seekkg@yahoo.com (847)341-1683; Publisher: Kevin Gordon 50% ASCAP seekkg@yahoo.com (847)341-1683;
Master Owner: Kevin Gordon;
PRO: ASCAP;
BPM:105;Mid to up Tempo;
Moods: Earnest;Intimate;Lonely;Passionate;
Sounds Like: Luke Bryan: Jason Aldean: Tom Petty;Darius Rucker; Blake Shelton;                                                                                                            
Genre: Pop; Country Pop; Rock; Country Rock;
Contact Info: Kevin Gordon seekkg@yahoo.com (847)341-1683

Loves on the Table (Feat.Matt Dame)

A live recording of 3 choirs who had not sung together until that evening singing KEEPING FAITH which was penned by their MD gitika partington and val regan and andrew mccrorie-shand. You can sing this with your choirs too , audio learning tracks and sheet music here https://www.choircommunity.net/all-arrangements/?cc_s=keeping+faith+

KEEPING FAITH

I am working on tidy playlists..there is one for all my song-a-week and then other tidy playlists will follow ..it like a thrift shop of my songs..you gonna have to have a good rummage ..a great place for a demo  ( there is no such thing as a demo) is what I say. One day I will orgnise into tidy playlists. good luck - I will put the kettle one

The White Birds

gitika partington

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