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THE PARKER’S PIECE FEAST (She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain) Words by Dave Cohen  Sung and Transcribed by Bethany Kirby Verse 1 Was in 1838 at Parker’s Piece Fifteen thousand ate a massive lunchtime feast It was for the celebration, Queen Victoria’s Coronation Must have been a million farts and burps released. CHORUS: Singing I, I, yippee yippee I Singing I, I, pickle bread and pie Singing such...

Poem by Michael Rosen to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2018 There are gaps there are blanks in the house of my life there's a face nothing more something gone from my life She was here he was there in the rooms of my life there's a place for them both in the words of my life. This poem was commissioned by Helen Weinstein, Director of Historyworks. Michael Rosen and Helen Weinstein and her team at Hi...

Poem by Michael Rosen Meine Lieben* my dears, from where we are now but I can’t say how we have hopes we have fears. So send us news send us a word as we haven’t heard. Please send for our brothers send for our mother. Nothing more can be said as this letter may be read by others. Dear sisters from your brothers between us such a distance meine Lieben ambestens**. I close this letter hoping with y...

A poem by Michael Rosen A knock at the door A catch of breath Find a way out Or is that way death? The danger of being heard The danger of being seen The danger of being us But what does it mean? Running in the dark Listening for voices Press on or hide? Impossible choices. The danger of being heard The danger of being seen The danger of being us But what does it mean? A knock at the door Is this...

Traditional song of longing sung by women on Tokelau Islands as their men were taken away in slave ships in the 1860s performed by ReSound Acappella Choir.

Sayyid Dawish, Arr. Reem Kelani performed by ReSound Acappella Choir, based on an Egyptian love song – ‘Visit me at least once a year, it’s not fair to forget about me’ Well known throughout the Arabic speaking world as a song of longing for home . Zourouni Kulli Sana Marra Haram Tinsouni Bil Marra Zourouni Kulli Sana Marra Haram Tinsouni Bil Marra x3  Ana ‘Amalti Eih Fikum Tishakouni wa-Shakikum...

Song especially commissioned by Historyworks to mark HMD 2018, with lyrics written by the renowned poet Michael Rosen and arranged for voices by the composer, Kirsty Martin and performed by ReSound Acappella Choir Verse 1: There are gaps x x there are blanks x x in the house x x of my life x x there's a face x x nothing more x x something gone x x from my life x x Verse 2: She was here …he was the...

by Shakih Abdurraheem Muslim Dost, a British citizen imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay 2002-2005  performed by ReSound Acappella choir Just as the heart beats In the darkness of the body So I despite this cage I continue to beat with life Those who have no courage or honour Consider themselves free, but they are slaves I am flying on the wings of thought And so, even in this cage I know a greater freed...

(Words and music by Jim Boyes) performed by ReSound Acappella Choir Soaring skywards; leaping sideways Do or die words cleave the air Joy and laughter; mornin's after Raise the rafters, we don't care If the roof’s beyond repair Raise the rafters, raise the rafters Raise the rafters, we don't care If the roof’s beyond repair Sisters, brothers, to all others, Let this be our guiding star Hearts on f...

This song goes to a traditional shanty tune ‘Roll the old chariots along’, text, Boff Whalley performed by ReSound Acappella Choir, which you can hear from the concert where Rowena Whitehead had invited the audience to participate in learning the songs!  VERSE 1 Well we’ve come a long way for to find ourselves a home x 3 Because we’re citizens of the world CHORUS And you’re more than, more than we...

Performed by ReSound Acappela Choir

Alison Burns, words adapted from a poem, Vow, by Clare Shaw performed by ReSound Acappella Choir Yes, say yes, say yes, say yes [‘Cos when] Love had no road, we built it We shouldered its stones and its dirt, and built it We laid aside our hurt and built it When love needed a road Love had no road, we shouldered its dirt we laid aside our hurt and built it When love needed a road Love had no road,...

Text: Rafaela Chacon Nardi, music: Electo Silva, Cuba performed by Resound Acappella Choir I believe in peace, in children, in doves, in freedom, in weeping and happiness, in your heart, in light I believe in the new country And our animated love of life. Creo en la Paz, los ninos, las palomas, la libertad El llanto, y la alegria, tu corazon, la luz Creo, creo en la paz Creo en la patria nueva Y n...

Words and music by Alison Burns  performed by Resound Acappella Choir Not by one do we run, not by one do we stand.  Not by one do we carry, not by one do we plan. Not by one do we fly, not by one do we land . Not by one, by one Not by one do we shine, not by one do we sing. Not by one do we finish , not by one do we begin. Not by one do we climb, not by one do we win. Not by one, by one Not by on...

Song composed by Sue Kirkpatrick chosen for the powerful and uplifting lyrics which guided the event to the closing words when Helen Weinstein thanked everyone for their generosity of time and talent, fundraising and support for Refugees. In this recording you can hear that the leader of ReSound, Rowena Whitehead had asked the audience to join in their voices, which everyone really enjoyed! Part 1...

This song has a terrific message which resonates with the HMD theme for this year and the message is that there is a way to build a positive future. The song is by Dr. Ysaye Marie Barnwell (Sweet Honey in the Rock) Part 1 For each child that's born                a morning star rises and sings        to the universe who we are              Part 2 For each child that's born star rise and sing who w...

This song is chosen for HMD because the message of respecting and embracing diversities and promoting equalities is highlighted by Cambridge City Council as the value communicated by the marking of Holocaust Memorial Day. You may recognize the melody adapted from the very famous Ode to Joy; and in the Road To Peace we have lyrics composed by Paul Seeger, original melody by Beethoven, musical arran...

This song is chosen for HMD because the message of respecting and embracing diversities and promoting equalities is highlighted by Cambridge City Council as the value communicated by the marking of Holocaust Memorial Day. You may recognize the melody adapted from the very famous Ode to Joy; and in the Road To Peace we have lyrics composed by Paul Seeger, original melody by Beethoven, musical arran...

WHEN LOVE HAD NO ROAD resonates with the HMD testimonies of those who have survived genocides and are dislocated by war, where the journey along the road as a migrant or refugee is so powerful as an experience in their travels and as a metaphor for their survival, and this lyric the road is about love, because it is love that can restore and build a road, it is love that can build a structure to r...

WHEN LOVE HAD NO ROAD resonates with the HMD testimonies of those who have survived genocides and are dislocated by war, where the journey along the road as a migrant or refugee is so powerful as an experience in their travels and as a metaphor for their survival, and this lyric the road is about love, because it is love that can restore and build a road, it is love that can build a structure to r...

Part 1 We are one world, one voice, one heart beating We are one world, one voice, one heart beating Part 2 Everybody living in this world Everybody’s got a voice, let’s use it Everybody living in this world; One heart beating Part 3 We are one world – we are one heart beating We are one world – one heart beating