ramblinglibrarian
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Here's a song that's made up of (1) an instrumental track from a musician in the US, whom I don't know personally, (2) mash-up of lyrics from poems in the public domain, (3) vocals from a very talented Singaporean lady whom I got to know from work. None of the musicians met to create this song.
You can stream it here: http://myrightbrain.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/song-good-night-not-good-bye-ii-2009/
Or via this direct link: http://www.archive.org/download/Good-nightNotGood-byeV2.1/GoodnightNotGoodbyeV2.1.mp3
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Singapore. As long as you adhere to the Creative Commons licensing terms (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/sg/), feel free to use/ share/ remix/ copy/ sell this song. Please credit as follows:
Here's the lyrics:
GOOD-NIGHT NOT GOOD-BYE
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It is over now, she is gone to rest;
I have clasped the hands on the quiet breast;
Draw back the curtain, let in the light,
She will never shrink if it be too bright.
If stars were really watching eyes
Of angel armies in the skies,
To keep me from their longed-for day,
I could not feel more far away.
What will he say when he comes in.
Waked by the city’s morning din,
Hoping to find and fearing to know
The sorrow he left but an hour ago?
If stars were really watching eyes
Of angel armies in the skies,
To keep me from their longed-for day,
I could not feel more far away.
He thought to kiss her by morning gray,
But God has thought to take her away.
What will he say ? God knows, not I ;
“Good-night,” he said, but never ” good-bye.”
We were two in here but an hour gone by.
No streak was then in the midnight sky ;
Now I am one to watch the day
Come glimmering up from the far-away.
If stars were really watching eyes
Of angel armies in the skies,
To keep me from their longed-for day,
I could not feel more far away.
I could not feel more far away.
I could not feel more far away.
I could not feel more far away.
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You can stream it here: http://myrightbrain.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/song-good-night-not-good-bye-ii-2009/
Or via this direct link: http://www.archive.org/download/Good-nightNotGood-byeV2.1/GoodnightNotGoodbyeV2.1.mp3
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Singapore. As long as you adhere to the Creative Commons licensing terms (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/sg/), feel free to use/ share/ remix/ copy/ sell this song. Please credit as follows:
- Dan O-Connor’s instrumental track, “Love Letters” (by Dan O’Connor – Free Music By DanoSongs.com – licensed under a Creative Commons ATTRIBUTION 3.0 US license).
- Words from two poems: “CAELl” by F. W. Bourdillon & “GOOD-NIGHT” by C. C. Fraser Tytler. See: http://www.archive.org/details/lovesoldsweetso00unkngoog – Public Domain; Not In Copyright.
- Vocals by MyVanillaWorld – myvanillaworld.wordpress.com
- Assorted instruments, arrangement and mixing (on Apple GarageBand) by Ivan Chew - MyRightBrain.wordpress.com
Here's the lyrics:
GOOD-NIGHT NOT GOOD-BYE
************************
It is over now, she is gone to rest;
I have clasped the hands on the quiet breast;
Draw back the curtain, let in the light,
She will never shrink if it be too bright.
If stars were really watching eyes
Of angel armies in the skies,
To keep me from their longed-for day,
I could not feel more far away.
What will he say when he comes in.
Waked by the city’s morning din,
Hoping to find and fearing to know
The sorrow he left but an hour ago?
If stars were really watching eyes
Of angel armies in the skies,
To keep me from their longed-for day,
I could not feel more far away.
He thought to kiss her by morning gray,
But God has thought to take her away.
What will he say ? God knows, not I ;
“Good-night,” he said, but never ” good-bye.”
We were two in here but an hour gone by.
No streak was then in the midnight sky ;
Now I am one to watch the day
Come glimmering up from the far-away.
If stars were really watching eyes
Of angel armies in the skies,
To keep me from their longed-for day,
I could not feel more far away.
I could not feel more far away.
I could not feel more far away.
I could not feel more far away.
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