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• Choir: The Girl Choir of South Florida
• Piece: The Green Man
• Composer:  Martin Donnelly
• Arranger:  Ron Jeffers
• Conductor:  Wallis Peterson
• Voices:  SSA
• Sheet Music:   earthsongschoralmusic.com...  
• Genres: Folk/Ethnic
• "The Green Man" by Martin Donnelly, arr. Ron Jeffers.
  
  Recorded live on May 4, 2014, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: W...  more"The Green Man" by Martin Donnelly, arr. Ron Jeffers.
  
  Recorded live on May 4, 2014, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese.
  
  Among the many figures carved on medieval cathedrals, one may find examples of foliate heads—a figure in which leafy foliage sprouts and elaborately ornaments a frieze, façade, or column. This figure is known as "The Green Man" and was mainly a northern European and Celtic symbol of the regeneration of life, a symbol of May, and the return of spring.
  
  The Eostre Sun
  It cuts my eyes
  Open to the wind and rain
  All around, the Earth breathes deep
  I come alive again
  
  I am the Green Man of the woods
  The wounded and the broken land
  I am the fire in the red stag's eye
  The touch of lover's hand
  Of a lover's hand
  
  Oh, let me speak
  Lend me your tongue
  To sing the trees and streams
  Sing the dark blood of the hills
  The Moon on goose's wings
  
  I am the Green Man of the woods
  The wounded and the broken land
  I am the fire in the red stag's eye
  The touch of lover's hand
  Of a lover's hand
  
  Oh, if you meet me in the fields
  Don't you be alarmed
  I've come to bring you joy
  I'll do you no harm
  
  Let us dance beneath the stars
  The pale Moon in our eyes
  And celebrate the mysterious
  That keeps us all alive
  That keeps us all alive
  
  The time has come
  For us to rise
  From the wreaths and thorns
  Return now from exile deep
  Back where we belong
  
  I am the Green Man of the woods
  The thistle and the corn
  The spark in every creature's heart
  The dancer in the storm
  
  I am the Green Man of the woods
  The thistle ...    less