I'm posting a song a day from the Rise Up Singing songbook, which you may or may not know. It's a pretty invaluable resource for song leaders, and useful for anyone who likes to sing in groups. The book doesn't include the melodies to the songs, just the lyrics and some chords, so I’m trying hard to find the tunes I don’t know, learn them, and post them on YouTube for anyone to learn. That’s where these videos are hosted; the blog is just pretty packaging.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Eidelweiss
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rodgers
Rise Up Singing chapter: Outdoors, p.152
G D G C / G Em C D / G D G C / G D G -
D - G - / C A D D7 / " / " /
At the end of the video there's a bit of a travel story about Kyrgyzstan and China, if that sort of thing interests you.
Lyrics:
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever
From the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music"
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