I hear the land (Philip Legge)

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Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2008-01-06).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 89 kB   Copyright: © 2007 Philip Legge

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Title: I hear the land
Composer: Philip Legge

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SSAATTBB

Genre: Secular, Anthem

Languages: English, Latin
Instruments: tenor drum, keyboard accompaniment ad libitum
Published: 2008

Description: Bogus composition submitted to a competition under the pseudonym, “Hieronymous Botsch”. Loosely inspired by the author's dissatisfaction with the (recently defeated!) Howard government, and a song from a They Might Be Giants podcast.

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Original text and translations

English text Latin text <poem> I hear the land calling: terra,terra I hear the land calling me terra australis non est terra incognita I hear the land calling me To walk on ochre soil under stary skies A million days I saw the sunrise And a million nights I danced I hear the land calling me Terra, grandis terra australis.