161. Good Friend

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Song Learning Time Stamps:
Start time of teaching: 00:02:47
Start time of reprise: 00:16:25

​Lyrics:

Oh the wind, it is a song
​that harbours through the winter,
Oh the sail, it is a door
that bids the song to enter,
And let us sail the sea, good friend,
And let us sing together,
The singer lasts a season long,
While the song, it lasts forever.

Song: Good Friend
Music by: Jan Harmon

Notes: Both harbor and freedom, connection and release, seasons and timelessness. Jan Harmon's song, written in 1985, has generous space for harmonies, and impels us singers forward, as though we were the sail catching the wind. I love the feeling of holding and letting go as I sing this song -- it helps me grieve, helps rejoice, helps me open, helps me curl up... I wonder what you will experience as you sing it with me?

Songwriter Info: Jan Harmon (1940-1993) was a published poet, a writer of short stories and biographical non-fiction, as well as a prolific composer of choral music, topical songs, ballads, rounds, musicals, and instrumental pieces. She was born in Saginaw, Michigan and lived in many places from southern California to Maine.

Sharing Info: When sharing in a money-making venture, like a workshop, class, or performance, please contact Scott at Harmon Publishing for permission and rates: https://harmonpublishing.com/contact.php

Song Learning Time Stamps:
Start time of teaching: 00:02:47
Start time of reprise: 00:16:25

Links:
Song info on the Harmon Publishing website (including a sheet music PDF): https://www.harmonpublishing.com/jan/music/library/good-friend

Nuts & Bolts: 2:2, minor, round

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