In a meadow by the hill:  Song for Mezzo-soprano
 
I haven't yet found a singer for this yet, and usually I don't post songs I don't have an actual singer for since I've never heard a vocal simulator which doesn't sound like a mannequin singing.  But some people have said they like the lyrics to this one, so I thought I'd make an exception and post an audio file generated with software using choral ahs for the vocal (even though the vocal is supposed to be a single voice) so anyone interested can get an idea of what it sounds like.  If I ever get it performed and recorded, I'll post that instead.

The instrumentation in this audio file is an example; if it is ever performed it can be sung with this arrangement, or any other instrumentation, or even solo. 

Lyrics copyright 2024 by Jon Corelis.  Image:  Venus of Brassempouy c. 25,000 bce

Image information and licensing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venus_of_Brassempouy.jpg

The lyrics:


In a meadow by the hill I saw my love lying there; 
in a meadow by the hill, he was there; 
in a meadow by the hill I saw my love lying there, 
Curah crahnah rifi fahlah clee ah tah! 

O my love, never leave me but remain, but remain;   
O my love, never leave me, but remain: 
for if you ever leave me I will never love again, 
Curah crahnah rifi fahlah clee ah tah! 

No, I will never leave you but remain, but remain; 
while the meadow blooms in flowers, I'll remain: 
while the deer is in the forest and the sun burns in the sky,
Curah crahnah rifi fahlah clee ah tah! 

In the meadow by the hill he remains, he remains; 
while the meadow blooms in flowers, he remains: 
while the deer is in the forest and the sun burns in the sky, 
Curah crahnah rifi fahlah clee ah tah! 

Oh I am very pretty with my hair all in a braid, 
with my hair all in a braid, hanging down: 
oh I am very pretty with my hair all in a braid, 
Curah crahnah rifi fahlah clee ah tah!

In a meadow by the hill

Jon Corelis was born in California and grew up in and around Chicago, where he earned a degree in Classical Languages and Literatures at the College of the University of Chicago. He later took a doctorate in Classics at Stanford, and taught Classics and Humanities at Stanford, the University of California, and the University of Minnesota. After a subsequent career as a software specialist in Silicon Valley, he now lives in Wisconsin. His poetry and other writings have been published in print and on web sites in eight countries, and he has given lectures and readings by invitation in America and Europe. 
He more recently has turned to composing songs and instrumental pieces.  His music has been featured on the web site The Flexible Persona, has been performed in concert by the Wisconsin ensemble a very small consortium, by the New York State flute quartet Party of Four, by the Opus Chorale of West Virginia, and at Denison University's TUTTI 2019 Festival, and has been recorded by flutist Robin Meiksins for her YouTube recording project 365 Days of Flute, and by clarinetist Emily Mehigh for her YouTube recording project The Miniature Month of May.

If you are interested in recording or publicly performing his compositions, please see his permissions page.