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From:  sopran@a...
sopran@a...
Date:  Tue Nov 20, 2001  1:22 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] looking for song


Well, it's pretty hard to find Christmas music that makes no reference at all
to religion!

You might take a look at "Some Children See Him" by Alfred Burt, although
it's not exactly non-religious, it's very inclusive and may be acceptable. It
can be very effective.

Other ideas might include:
the Spanish carols Fum, fum fum or Patapan
the Wassail Song
Reger'sThe Virgin's Slumber Song (Maria Wiegenlied)
The Friendly Beasts
the spirituals Go Tell it on the Mountain, Rise Up Shepherd or Mary had a Baby
The Monkey's Carol by Charles V. Stanford
The Oxen by Ralph V. Williams
The Two Shepherd Boys
If I But Had a Little Coat
Star Candles or The Little Road to Bethlehem by Michael Head
...and there's even a Huron Indian Carol in which God becomes "Gitchie
Manitou," the shepherds are hunters and the wise men are chiefs from afar
bearing gifts of fox and beaver pelt.

Judy


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