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The Night is Young
Published by Oxford
University Press
Secular text in English by
Colum Sands
Difficulty rating (1-5): 2.5 Sherri turned me on to Colum Sands and this song in particular. Colum is an Irish folk singer who is quite popular in Europe. (I wish he would make a tour of the U.S. sometime.. He was very gracious when I asked for permission to make a choral setting of this piece. The text of this song would make it a great concert or season closer for many choirs, as I would call the text a secular benediction. TEXT
Chorus: Rest for awhile now the night is
young
The time is short and the road is long
Tell me a story I’ll sing you a song
For tomorrow the road will be calling us on
Don’t let your journey be stopped at the start
There are times when your feet have to follow
your heart
But the faster you travel the less you can see
And the more that you have the less you can be
(Chorus)
Look for the house with the smile at the door
Where we sat round the table and danced on the
floor
Found warmth at the fire and came back for more
There was grass on the chimney and a lock on the
door
(Chorus)
So let the reel have its turn and the song its
refrain
And here’s to the day when we all meet again
And long may the sun shine wherever you are
But you’ll still need the darkness to show you
the stars
(Chorus)
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