[Dialogue] Song of the Soul

[Nancy Lanphear]

Thanks Jann.  Somehow you and I may be the only ones that remember singing
it in the Order.  It doesn;t matter so much, we have it in our Songaia
songbook and sing it a lot.

Nancy

On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 6:50 PM, <LAURELCG at aol.com> wrote:

> **
> The words of the first verse are from the hymn, "Open my Eyes, That I May
> See", the first and last phrase of the first verse, by Clara H. Scott, 1841
> - 1897, according to *The Methodist Hymnal.* We probably did sing this
> hymn in the Order.
>
> Jann
>
>  In a message dated 5/12/2013 2:15:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> synergi at yahoo.com writes:
>
>  It's a Chris Williamson song on her album, 'The Changer and the
> Changed', a classic in the women's music tradition from the 70's. Released
> on Olivia Records (which was THE Lesbian independent music distributor), it
> sold a half million copies. Don't know whether Chris is the author or
> whether it's "traditional". As far as I can remember, it's not an Order
> song.
> Marshall
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* ALICE M BAUMBACH <abaumbach at new.rr.com>
> *To:* Colleague Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Sent:* Sun, May 12, 2013 8:10:31 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Dialogue] music for Janice
>
> Thank you Nancy. I love this song too. Don't remember it from Order
> singing. Appreciate the words. Saved me some transcription time!
>
> Nancy Lanphear <nancy at songaia.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Janice,
>
> I thought we sang this in the Order?  My experience of community singing
> gets mixed up between the Order and Songaia, but I thought Fred, Stan Carol
> and I brought it to Songaia.   Here are the words.  I am adding the first
> part that you hear with the link from yesterday, it was not included when I
> found the verses and chorus on line this morning.
>
> Open my eyes that I may see,
> Glimpses of truth thou hast for me.
> Open my eyes, illumine me,
> Spirit divine.
>
> Love of my life I am crying
> I am not dying, I am dancing
> Dancing along in the madness
> There is no sadness
> Only the song of the soul
>
> cho: And we'll sing this song
>      Why don't you sing along
>      Then we can sing for a long, long time
>      Why don't you sing this song
>      Then we can sing along
>      Then we can sing for a long, long time
>
> What do you do for a living
> Are you forgiving, giving shelter
> Follow your heart, love will find you
> Truth will unbind you
> Seek out a song of the soul
>
> Come to your life like a warrior
> Nothing will bore yer, you can be happy
> Let in the light, it will heal you
> And you can feel you
> Sing out a song of the soul
>
> Love of my life I am crying
> I am not dying, I am dancing
> Dancing along in the madness
> There is no sadness
> Only the song of the soul
>
>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVyWFFhmx6k
>
>
> With love,
>
> Nancy
>
>
>
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