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

[frank bremner]

Dear folks:
 
Back in 1979-80, when I was in the Philadelphia House, we came across some copies of LP records of Other World and other songs.  We sold some of them to colleagues.  The rest probably stayed in Philly until the house closed.  Then what?  Are copies in the Kemper archives or wherever?  I do recall that the singing was a bit too "perfect" and wasn't quite "rousing" enough - like a Stones, AC/DC or Billy Thorpe track done note-for-note without a bit of mongrel or improvisation.
 
(And I did not buy a copy of each LP to bring back Down Under with me - unusual for me!)
 
Cheers
 
Frank Bremner
 
 


Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 04:40:04 -0800From: jfwiegel at yahoo.comTo: oe at wedgeblade.netSubject: Re: [Oe List ...] The Earth Belongs To AllNew service -- dial a tune??Bill Salmon <wsalmon at cox.net> wrote: 



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

Doris Hahn writes:
 
Janice, where are you? Seems we have multiple issueshere--tune, words, etc. Certainly the last verse orcoda or whatever it is won't work. Our heart was inthe right place, but at this moment, there are a lotof 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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