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

[Ruth Landmann]

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:50:04 EST, JTresise wrote
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> 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:
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> 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,"
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> 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.
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> Any other questions about the song might be addressed to Ruth Landman as she wrote original lyrics.
I did??!!  I have no recollection of that at all! Please refresh my aging memory, John.
Ruth
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> John Tresise
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> 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 
> To: Order Ecumenical Community 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 9:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] The Earth Belongs To All
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> Doris Hahn writes:
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> 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
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> And Janice says:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Happy singing.  Revolutionary ideas here.
> Janice
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> The Earth Belongs To All
> Tune: The Future Belongs To All **
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> 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. 
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> 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.)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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