Lyrics

Lyrics

Here are the lyrics to most of the songs the choir does. You can copy and paste them into any word processing programme if you wish.

We have a small blooket available with most of the current lyrics. We will print a few and bring them to the rehearsals. We also hope to get the booklet converted to a PDF so that it can be printed off the website...

Well, here it is...a slightly corrected...version click on this link.

Lyric Booklet2.pdf

To print the booklet, open it up, click on 'File', click on 'Print', then comes the slightly tricky bit, on the 'Print' page, find 'Print Range', and set it to print pages 10,8,6,4,2 in that order. Print those and put the paper back in the printer and print pages 1,3,5,7,9 in that order. If you've put the paper back in the right way up you'll have a book!

ALLE PSALLITE

Tops:
Alle psalite cum luya alle
Alle concrepando psalite cum luya
Alleluya
Al-le corde vo-o deo toto psalite cum luya
Alleluya
Alleluya

Mids:
Al alle alle psalite cum luya
Alleluya
Alle concrepando psalite cum luya
Alleluya
Alle corde voto deo toto psalite cum luya
Alleluya

Basses:
Alleluya alleluya
Alleluya alleluya
Alleluya alleluya
Alleluya

AMEN SIAKIDUMISA

Amen siakidumisa

Amen bawo

Amen siakidumisa

ANGEL BAND

My latest sun is sinking fast

My race is almost run

My strongest trials now are passed

My triumph has begun

Chorus:

Oh come angel band, come and around me stand

Oh bear me away on your snowy white wings

To my immortal home

Bear me away on your snowy white wings

To my immortal home

I know I'm near the holy ranks

Of friends and kindred dear

I've brushed the dew on Jordan's banks

The crossing must be near

Chorus

I've almost gained my heavenly home

My spirit loudly sings

The holy ones behold they come

I hear the sound of wings

Chorus

Oh bear my longing heart to Him

Who bled and died for me

Whose blood now cleanses us from sin

And gives me victory

Chorus

ATEH MALKUTH

Ateh malkuth vay geburah, vay gedulah
Lay olaheem, amen, a-amen

Oh Raphael, oh Meekiel, oh Gabriel
Oh Uriel, amen, a-amen

AZIKATALE

Azikatale nomase boshwa Sise

Misele nkule koh

Repeat

Chorus

Unzima lom twalo

Ufuna ma doh da

Repeat

Tina bantwan base Africa Sise

Misele nkule koh

Repeat

Repeat chorus

CHIEF SEATTLE'S SPEECH

Every part tof the world is sacred to my people

We are part of the earth and it is part of us

All things share the same breath, all things share the same breath

If the beasts were gone then we would die from a great loneliness of spirit

All things are connected, all things are conected

This we know, the earth does not belong to us

Our God is the same God, our God is the same God

We belong to the earth

CORNISH SAINTS

n.b. 'dh' in Cornish is pronounced 'th' as in 'the'

I a woelyas adhiworth pelder

War veyn ha war dhelenow

I a woelyas adhiworth pelder

Dhe drethow a'n howlsedhes Kernow

I a woelyas adhiworth pelder,

War veyn ha war dhelenow

I a woelyas adhiworth pelder

Dhe drethow a'n howlsedhes Kernow

Sen Ust ha Sen Burianna

Sen Sennen ha Sen Leven

Sen Ust ha Sen Burianna

Sen Sennen ha Sen Leven

Repeat

Gwrewth Selwel agan Kernow

Ha y gwitha saw ha splann

Gwrewth Selwel agan Kernow

Ha y gwitha saw ha splann

Gwrewth Selwel agan Kernow

Ha y gwitha saw ha splann

Gwrewth Selwel agan Kernow

Ha y gwitha saw ha splann

DI AGULA DI GNA NI GNA

Call:
Wo-oh mama soo co ma ah
Response:
Di agula di gna ni gna
Repeat once

Call:
In day sloboh in day slabah
Response:
Di agula di gna ni gna
Repeat once

All:
Wo-oh
Di agula di gna ni gna
Repeat 3 more times

DONA NOBIS PACEM

Dona nobis pacem, pacem

Dona nobis pacem*

Dona nobis pacem

* next part of the round comes in

FAMBA NAYAY

Famba nayay
Famba nayay-nie babba
Famba nayay
Famba nayay-nie babba

Moonay roodoh
Moonay roodoh-nie babba
Moonay roodoh
Moonay roodoh-nie babba

Famba nayay
Famba nayay-nie babba

GAUDETE

(tops, mids and basses)
Gaudete gaudete Christus est natus
Ex Maria veerginay gaudete
Gaudete gaudete Christus est natus
Ex Maria veerginay gaudete

(tops)

Tempus ades gratiae hoc quod optabamus

Carminae laeticiae devote redamus

(tops, mids and basses)
Gaudete gaudete Christus est natus
Ex Maria veerginay gaudete

(tops)

Deus home factus est natura mirante

Mundus renovatus est a Christo regnante

(tops, mids and basses)
Gaudete gaudete Christus est natus
Ex Maria veerginay gaudete

(tops)

Ezechielis porta clausa pertransitor

Unde lux est orta salus invenitur

(tops, mids and basses)
Gaudete gaudete Christus est natus
Ex Maria veerginay gaudete

(tops)

Ergo nosta concio psalat jamin lustro

Benedictat domino salus reginostro

(tops, mids and basses)
Gaudete gaudete Christus est natus
Ex Maria veerginay gaudete
Gaudete gaudete Christus est natus
Ex Maria veerginay gaudete

HAMBA LULU

Hamba lulu hamba lulu
Repeat

Oh tula tula
Animamele
Oh zinto konke
O hamba lulu
Oh hamba lulu

HEENAY MAHTOV

Heenay matov umah nayim

Shevet aheem gamyahad

Shalom, shalom, shalom

Aleichem shalom

Shalom, shalom, shalom

Aleichem shalom

HEY HO NOBODY HOME

Hey ho nobody home

No meat nor drink

Nor money have I none

Yet will I be very merry

HOW SWEET THE HOUR

How sweet the hour of closing day

When all is peaceful and serene

And the broad sun's retiring ray

Sheds a mild lustre o'er the scene

I'M GOING TO LEAVE OL' TEXAS

I'm goin' to leave ol' Texas now

They've got no use for the long-horned cow

They've ploughed and fenced my cattle range

The people there are all so strange

I'll take my horse, I'll take my rope

And hit the trail upon a lope

I'll bid adios to the Alamo

And turn my head toward Mexico

I'll make my home on the wide wide range

The people there are not so strange

IQUDE

(corrected 24/08/08)

Tops:

Iqude wema lakhala kabini kathatu

Sekusil amanz'

Iqude wema lakhala kabini kathatu

Sekusil amanza wekhoma

Sekusil amanz' (Iqude wema...)

Others:

Lakhala kabini kathatu sekusil amanza wekho

Amanza wekho

Amanza wekho sekusil amanza weko

Amanza wekho

Amanza wekho sekusil amanza weko

JOC DE LAYGANNE

Mar ma coond mow laygah nart
Mar ma coond mow laygah nart
Noo mai djay dor myor coondart
Noo mai djay dor myow coondart

KA HONA

Ka hona ya tswana nie Yesu

Ka hona ya tswana nayay

Ka hona ya tswana nie Yesu

Ka hona ya tswana nayay

Ka nyaka nyaka hochle hochle

Ka dikologa hochle hochle

Ka mo human Yesu waka

Ka hona ya tswana naye

L’ALOUETTE ET SUR LA BRANCHE

L’alouette et sur la branche
L’alouette et sur la branche

Chorus:
Fait's un petit saut l’alouette, l’alouette
Fait's un petit saut l’alouette comme il faut

Mettez vos bras en liance
Mettez vos bras en liance

Fait's un petit saut l’alouette, l’alouette
Fait's un petit saut l’alouette comme il faut

Faites nous trois-pas de danse
Faites nous trois-pas de danse

Fait's un petit saut l’alouette, l’alouette
Fait's un petit saut l’alouette comme il faut

Faites-nous la reverance
Faites-nous la reverance

Fait's un petit saut l’alouette, l’alouette
Fait's un petit saut l’alouette comme il faut

LOWENCHEH LORRY

Lowencheh, lowencheh, lowencheh lorry
Lowencheh
Lowencheh, lowencheh, lowencheh lorry
Lowencheh
Ah bay say na oh (ABC)
Ah bay say na oh
Mamialatta, mamialatta mamia lowencheh
Lowencheh oo-oh
Mamialatta, mamialatta mamia lowencheh
Lowencheh oo-oh

MAGGIE

Mirk and rainy is the nicht
There’s no a star’n a’ the carry
Lightnings gleam athwart the lift
And wind drives on wi’ winter’s fury
O (are ye sleepin’ Maggie)
O (are ye sleepin’ Maggie)
Let me in for loud the lin
Is roarin’ o’er the warlock craigie

Fearfu’ soughs the boortree bank
The rifted wood roars wild and dreary
Loud the iron yelt does clank
And cry ‘o howlets mak’s me eerie
O (are ye sleepin’ Maggie)
O (are ye sleepin’ Maggie)
Let me in for loud the lin
Is roarin’ o’er the warlock craigie

Aboon my breath I daurna speak
For rear I rouse your warkrife daddie
Cauld’s the blast upon my cheek
O rise arise my bonnie lady
O (Are ye sleepin’ Maggie)
O (Are ye sleepin’ Maggie)
Let me in for loud the lin
Is roaring o’er the warlock craigie

She op’t the door she let him in
He cast aside his dreepin’ plaidie
Blaw ye warst ye rain an’win’
Since Maggie now I’m in aside ye
Now (since yer wakin’ Maggie)
Now (since yer wakin’ Maggie)
What care I for howlets cry
For boortree bank or warlock craigie

MAKEDONSKO

Makedonsko devochay
Kitka sah rayna
Vo gradina na brannar
Dar poda rayna

Dali eema
Na ovoy beh lee svet
Po ubah vo devochay
Odd makay donchay

MALISWE

(remember right leg, right arm)

Malizwe booye lekaya x3
Tina sesa foona ah!
Repeat

Exhe

Hi Hi, si hamba la sokola x3
Tina sessa foona ah!

Repeat

MIRI IT IS

Miri it is when sommer y laste with fugleles song
Och noonay heth windes blaste and wether strong

Hey hey what this nicht is long

And ish with well Meetchel wrong

Soreg and mourn and fast

MRAVAL JAMIER

Mraval jamier x3

Gnetna inebos x3

MWE-YA M’TSVE NE

Verse 1
Mwe-ya m’tsve ne, Mwe-ya m’tsve ne
Mwe-ya m’tsve ne, U-yai pa-no
Repeat

Chorus
Mwe-ya m’tsve ne, Mwe-ya m’tsve ne,
Mwe-ya m’tsve ne, Mwe-ya m’tsve ne.
Mwe-ya m’tsve ne, Mwe-ya m’tsve ne,
Mwe-ya m’tsve ne, U-yai pa-no.

Verse 2
Ro-pa-ra Je-su, Ro-pa-ra Je-su,
Ro-pa-ra Je-su, Ti-po-ne-say

NOYANNA

Noyanna, Noyanna, Noyanna, Noyanna
Nithini Noyanna, Noyanna peh Zulu
Repeat

OJ SAVICE
(phonetic)

Oy sa
Oy savichay tiya vodo ladna
Tiya vodo ladna

Pray vay
Pray vay zeemay tamo ee-o-vamo
Tamo ee-o-vamo

Tamo
Tamo meeyay saylo oomee leeay-no
Saylo oomee leeay-no

Ee-oo
Ee-oo sayloo nyay-lyep-sa gyay-voy-ka
Nyay-lyep-sa gyay-voy-ka

POVALI SA
(phonetic)

Povali sa byala radda
Day giddy radolyo byala raddo
Repeat

Shnosti vairchair na kladenek
Day giddy radolyo byala raddo
Repeat

RALLY SONG

Milha bilon loubi shembel

SANTE LIVIT DAVDNEBI
(phonetic)

Santay leevit dav-dnebee
Shaka reevit davtk-bebee
Satrpos hmas ro gavigep
Gayna-tsvalay mkvda-ree
Veeko av-gday-bee

Satrpos hmas ro gavigep
Gayna-tsvalay mkvda-ree
Veeko av-gday-bee

Repeat all

I shall melt like a candle

I shall be sweet like sugar

When I hear the voice of my sweeheart

I will become alive even if I am dead

I know many love you

I know many want to be with you

But remeber my darling

No-one will tell you "I love you" like me...

SEE YABONGA

Mids and Basses:

Alleluya amen, alleluya amen
Alleluya amen usitettay lay lay

Tops only:

See yabonga baba

See yabonga Jesu

See yabonga baba

Usitettay lay lay

SISI SISI DOLODA

Sisi, sisi doloda, yakusine la du banaha Sisi, sisi doloda, yakusine la du banaha

Banaha banaha, yakusine la du banaha
Banaha banaha, yakusine la du banaha

Ha banaha yakusine la du banaha
Ha banaha yakusine la du banaha

SHTO MEE AY MEELO
(phonetic)

Trio sing the verse to start

Shto mee ay meelo
Meelo ee draggo
Vo srtuga gradda mammo
Du kyan dah eeman
Repeat

Chorus:
Lay-lay vai rai mommay
Momme kaleeno
Vo struga gradda mammo
Du kyan dah eeman
Repeat

Koga po voda
Voda mee odat
So tia shtomnee mammo
Shtomnee shahrennee
Repeat

Chorus:
Lay-lay vai rai momme
Momme kaleeno
So tia shtomnee mammo
Shtomnee shahrennee
Repeat

SINGABAHAMBAYO THINA

Tops:
Singabahambayo thina
Kulomhlaba
Kepha sinekhaya
Eh zulwi…Siti
Siti
Siti
Halleluya halleluya hallelu…Siti
Siti
Siti
Halleluya halleluya halleluya

Mids and Basses:
Singabahambayo thina
Kulomhlaba
Kepha sinekhaya
Eh zulwini
Halleluya
Halleluya
Halleluya halleluya halleluya
Halleluya
Halleluya
Halleluya halleluya halleluya

SOON I WILL BE DONE

Tops and some Mids:

Soon I will be done

With the troubles of the world
With the troubles of the world
With the troubles of the world
Oh soon I will be done
With the troubles of the world
Going home to be with God

Basses and some Mids:

Soon I will be

With the troubles of the
With the troubles of the
With the troubles of the
Oh soon I will be
With the troubles of the
Going home to be with God

STEAL AWAY

Steal, steal away
Steal away to Jesus
Steal away, steal away
I ain’t got long to stay here
Oo-oh
The trumpet sounds within-ah my soul
I ain’t got long to stay here
Repeat

STELLA SPLENDENS

(We will probably only sing verse 1)

Chorus

Stella splendens in momte ut solis radium

Miraculis serato ex audi populum

Concurunt universi gaudentes populi

Divetes et egeni grandes et parvuli

Ipsum in grediuntur ut cernunt oculi

Et inde revertuntur gratiis repleti

Princepes et magnates ex stirpe regia

Saeculi potestates obtenta venia

Pecaminum proclamant tundentes pectora

Poplite flexo clamant hic: Ave Maria

Praelati at barones comites incliti

Religiosi omnes atque presbyteri

Milites mercatores cives marinari

Burgenses piscatores praemiantur ibi

Rustici aratores nec non notarii

Advocati scultores cuncti ligni fabri

Sartores et sutores nec non lanitici

Artifices et omnes gratulantur ibi

Reginae comitisae ilustres dominae

Potentes et ancillae juvenes parvulae

Virgines et antiquae pariter viduae

Conscendunt et hunc montem et religiosae

Coetus hi aggregantur hic ut exhibeant

Vota regratiantur ut ipsa et redant

Aulam istam ditantes hoc cuncti videant

Jocalibus orantes soluti redant

Cuncti ergo precantes sexus utriusque

Mentes nostra mundates oremus devote

Virginem gloriosam matrem clementiae

In coelis gratiosam sentiamus vere

STRANGE NEWS FROM THE ROSE

Strange news from the Rose boys

Never heard before boys

Saint up on a Sunday

He played away his clothes boys

Never was there such a saint

Ever heard before boys

THE HOLLY AND THE IVY

Verse 1
The holly and the ivy
When they are both full grow
Of all the trees that are in the wood
The holly bears the crown

Chorus
Oh the rising of the sun
And the running of the deer
The playing of the merry organ
Sweet singing in the choir

Verse 2
The holly bears a blossom
As white as lily flowers
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ
To be our sweet saviour

Chorus

Verse 3
The holly bears a prickle
As sharp as any thorn
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ
On Christmas day in the morn’

Chorus
Repeat verse 1

TSMIDAO GMERTO

Tsmidao gmerto,
Tsmidao dzliero
Tsmidao-uk-dao she gvi tska le chven

TUE TUE BARIMA

Tue tue barima tue tue

Ambassado amadodo

Tue tue barima tue tue

Tue tue barima

WAYFARING STRANGER

Verse 1: Tops sing the canon

Verse 2: Tops sing in unison + Mids and Basses

Verse 3: Tops sing the canon + Mids and Basses

Tops

I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger

A'travelling through this world of woe

And there's no sickness toil or danger

In that bright land to which I go

I'm going home to see my mother

I'm going home no more to roam

I am just going over Jordan

I am just going over home

Mids and Basses

Poor wayfaring stranger

Travelling through this world of woe

No more to roam

I'm a'going over

Home

ZUM GALI GALI

Zum, gali-gali-gali, Zum gali-gali,
Zum, gali-gali-gali, Zum
(one group continues to sing this behind the verses)

Eh-chalutz lay mon avo-dah,
Avo-dah lay mon eh-chalutz.
Eh-chalutz lay mon avo-dah,
Avo-dah lay mon eh-chalutz.

Shalom Chaverim,
Shalom Chaverim
Shalom, Shalom
Luh heet rah aut,
Luh heet rah aut
Shalom , Shalom

Levow An Bys

'World Voices'