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AUDIO
\n<\/strong>Afternoon on a Hill<\/a>
\nLament<\/a>
\nTravel<\/a><\/p>\n

PROGRAM NOTE
\n<\/strong>The three songs are contrasting in sentiment.
\nAfternoon on a Hill<\/em><\/strong> paints a pleasant picture of a delightful afternoon.
\nLament<\/em><\/strong> is an immensely emotional song of loss.\u00a0 The ending is heartbreaking.
\nTravel<\/em><\/strong> has a nostalgic, melancholy feel to it.<\/p>\n

AFTERNOON ON A HILL<\/strong>
\nI will be the gladdest thing
\nUnder the sun!
\nI will touch a hundred flowers
\nAnd not pick one.<\/p>\n

I will look at cliffs and clouds
\nWith quiet eyes,
\nWatch the wind bow down the grass,
\nAnd the grass rise.<\/p>\n

And when lights begin to show
\nUp from the town,
\nI will mark which must be mine,
\nAnd then start down!<\/p>\n

LAMENT<\/strong>
\nListen, children:
\nYour father is dead.
\nFrom his old coats
\nI’ll make you little jackets;
\nI’ll make you little trousers
\nFrom his old pants.
\nThere’ll be in his pockets
\nThings he used to put there,
\nKeys and pennies
\nCovered with tobacco;
\nDan shall have the pennies
\nTo save in his bank;
\nAnne shall have the keys
\nTo make a pretty noise with.
\nLife must go on,
\nAnd the dead be forgotten;
\nLife must go on,
\nThough good men die;
\nAnne, eat your breakfast;
\nDan, take your medicine;
\nLife must go on;
\nI forget just why.<\/p>\n

TRAVEL<\/strong>
\nThe railroad track is miles away,
\nAnd the day is loud with voices speaking,
\nYet there isn’t a train goes by all day
\nBut I hear its whistle shrieking.<\/p>\n

All night there isn’t a train goes by,
\nThough the night is still for sleep and dreaming,
\nBut I see its cinders red on the sky,
\nAnd hear its engine steaming.<\/p>\n

My heart is warm with the friends I make,
\nAnd better friends I’ll not be knowing;
\nYet there isn’t a train I wouldn’t take,
\nNo matter where it’s going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1915,"template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[51,42,25,27],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1464","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-garth-baxter","7":"product_cat-individual-songs","8":"product_cat-soprano","9":"product_cat-tenor","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-variable"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1464"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1464"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}