[Oe List ...] The Earth Belongs To All

Thu Nov 8 11:50:04 EST 2007

Don't know exactly why I'm jumping in on this, but here are my  recollections 
of the way I sang this song.  I can't really believe that it  makes that much 
difference either way:

The melody for the chorus and the verses are exactly the same but the tempo  
and emphasis are different.  Janice has annotated the difference  beautifully. 
 Don't know how you're singing the two differently, Bill, but  if it sounds 
good ..... well, it sounds good, sing it that way.  The last  verse, "Oh 
Father, Oh Father", well I never sang the first "Oh".  It didn't  sound right to me 
and was clumsy to sing, so I just sang "Father (small pause),  Oh Father, 
Mysterious Power,"

I'll probably get myself into a bunch of trouble now but I am so  tired of 
all the political correctness we've mired ourselves in these  days.  I'm 
guessing that the "problems" referred to are using the masculine  symbol/word 
"Father" for the deity and "men" for humankind.  I'd be nothing  but a pile of jelly 
if I got upset/angry every time a feminine symbol/word were  used were used to 
describe nurturing or caring as if men can't be  either.  I'm sure my Hospice 
Patients and their care givers would attest  that this man is as 
compassionate and caring as any of the female hospice staff  they come in contact with.  
Sing "Mother, Oh Mother, Mysterious Power" if  it makes you feel more validated.

Any other questions about the song might be addressed to Ruth Landman as  she 
wrote original lyrics.

John Tresise

In a message dated 11/7/2007 8:46:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
wsalmon at cox.net writes:

Unfortunately, the chorus is different from the  verses. The strong beats 
provided are right, but notice the shift in emphasis  from the verses to the 
chorus.
    Call me at 785-825-1221 and  I'll sing it for you. I've already done that 
once tonight. 
    Bill Salmon

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  _Janice Ulangca_ (mailto:aulangca at stny.rr.com)  
To: _Order Ecumenical Community_ (mailto:oe at wedgeblade.net)  
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 9:52  PM
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] The Earth  Belongs To All

Doris Hahn writes:

Janice, where are you? Seems we have multiple issues
here--tune,  words, etc. Certainly the last verse or
coda or whatever it is won't  work. Our heart was in
the right place, but at this moment, there are a  lot
of gullys to jump.
Doris Hahn

And Janice says:

This is the kind of call I must answer!  :)
But I'm not sure what the question is!  There do  seem to be multiple issues 
- and I'll not try to sort them all out. Some  gullies are beyond me.  Re the 
Nazi association, thanks to  Cabaret:  Perhaps we just need to consider the 
audience's  sensitivities?  I'm with you, Shelley - I love Jaime's  version.

My memory of this song is that the chorus has the same  tune as the verse.  
Please correct me if that's not the case.  The  words to the chorus will fit 
that same tune. It might be up to you if you  want to sing the chorus after 
every single verse.  I'll mark the  strong beats (underlining) for one verse and 
the chorus, and see if that  helps fit the words in.

Happy singing.  Revolutionary ideas  here.
Janice

The Earth Belongs To  All
Tune: The Future Belongs To All  **

The flowers in the meadow are  greeting the sun, the trees in the forest 
stand  tall.
But gather together to  march as one: the earth belongs to all.  

Chorus:  (Perhaps part of  the  confusion here is that the first word is on 
the strong beat, rather than  having an unstressed "pickup" note before that 
strong beat, as the  verses have.)

All of the goods of the  earth and all decisions of  his--tory,  (the 
syllable "his" has 2  notes)
And all the inventions of  humanness belong to all men [sic] through  me.

The branch of the linden is leafy and green,  the maples are golden in fall.
But somewhere a glory awaits unseen: the earth  belongs to all.

The cries of the innocent sound in their pain,  the tyrant has vanquished the 
small.
A powerful ruler lies bound in chains, till  earth belongs to all.

A dream of the future is beckoning me. Like  waltz music heard at a ball.
The morning will come when all men [sic] shall  see: the earth belongs to all.

Oh, Father, Oh Father, Mysterious Power, your  children are gathered to call:
Use us as thy servant to haste the hour the  earth belongs to all. 

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