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(Posted 2015-12-16) CPDL #37896:

Editor: Peter Bird (submitted 2015-12-16). Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 144 kB Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Length: 4:40.

General Information

Title: Yukon
Composer: Peter Bird
Lyricist: Robert Service^{create page}

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Christmas (secular)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 2015
Description: Selected lines from early Yukon poems of Robert W. Service were arranged by the composer. Length: 4:40.

External websites:

http://peterbird.name/choral/

Original text and translations

English text

Flat as a drum-head stretch the haggard snows;
The mighty skies are palisades of light;
The stars are blurred; the silence grows and grows;
Vaster and vaster vaults the icy night.

I am the land that listens, I am the land that broods;
Steeped in eternal beauty, crystalline waters and woods.

The summer—no sweeter was ever:
The sunshiny woods all athrill;
The grayling aleap in the river,
The bighorn asleep on the hill.
The strong life that never knows harness;
The wilds where the caribou call;
The freshness, the freedom, the fairness-- …

I am the land that listens, I am the land that broods;
Steeped in eternal beauty, crystalline waters and woods.

The winter! The brightness that blinds you,
The white land locked tight as a drum,
The cold fear that follows and finds you,
The silence that bludgeons you dumb.
The snows that are older than history,
The woods where the weird shadows slant;
The stillness, the moonlight, the mystery, …

I am the land that listens, I am the land that broods;
Steeped in eternal beauty, crystalline waters and woods.

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-'''Title:''' ''Yukon''<br>
+{{Title|''Yukon''}}
 {{Composer|Peter Bird}}
 {{Lyricist|Robert Service}}
-{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
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 {{Genre|Secular|Christmas (secular)}}
 {{Language|English}}
 {{Instruments|A cappella}}
-'''Published:''' 2015
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+{{Descr| Selected lines from early Yukon poems of Robert W. Service were arranged by the composer. Length: 4:40.}}
+{{#ExtWeb:
+* http://peterbird.name/choral/}}
+==Original text and translations==
+{{Text|English|
+Flat as a drum-head stretch the haggard snows;
+The mighty skies are palisades of light;
+The stars are blurred; the silence grows and grows;
+Vaster and vaster vaults the icy night.
-'''Description:''' Selected lines from early Yukon poems of Robert W. Service were arranged by the composer.  Length: 4:40.
+I am the land that listens, I am the land that broods;
+Steeped in eternal beauty, crystalline waters and woods.
-'''External websites:''' http://peterbird.name/choral/
+The summer—no sweeter was ever:
+The sunshiny woods all athrill;
+The grayling aleap in the river,
+The bighorn asleep on the hill.
+The strong life that never knows harness;
+The wilds where the caribou call;
+The freshness, the freedom, the fairness-- …
-==Original text and translations==
+I am the land that listens, I am the land that broods;
+Steeped in eternal beauty, crystalline waters and woods.
+The winter! The brightness that blinds you,
+The white land locked tight as a drum,
+The cold fear that follows and finds you,
+The silence that bludgeons you dumb.
+The snows that are older than history,
+The woods where the weird shadows slant;
+The stillness, the moonlight, the mystery, …
-Flat as a drum-head stretch the haggard snows;<br>
+I am the land that listens, I am the land that broods;
-The mighty skies are palisades of light;<br>
+Steeped in eternal beauty, crystalline waters and woods.}}
-The stars are blurred; the silence grows and grows;<br>
-Vaster and vaster vaults the icy night.<br>
-<br>
-I am the land that listens, I am the land that broods;<br>
-Steeped in eternal beauty, crystalline waters and woods.<br>
-<br>
-The summer—no sweeter was ever:<br>
-The sunshiny woods all athrill;<br>
-The grayling aleap in the river,<br>
-The bighorn asleep on the hill.<br>
-The strong life that never knows harness;<br>
-The wilds where the caribou call;<br>
-The freshness, the freedom, the fairness-- …<br>
-<br>
-I am the land that listens, I am the land that broods;<br>
-Steeped in eternal beauty, crystalline waters and woods.<br>
-<br>
-The winter!  The brightness that blinds you,<br>
-The white land locked tight as a drum,<br>
-The cold fear that follows and finds you,<br>
-The silence that bludgeons you dumb.<br>
-The snows that are older than history,<br>
-The woods where the weird shadows slant;<br>
-The stillness, the moonlight, the mystery, …<br>
-<br>
-I am the land that listens, I am the land that broods;<br>
-Steeped in eternal beauty, crystalline waters and woods.<br>
-<br>
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