Carol Of The Birds 1948

Dr. Pitt-Payne in LondonUK - 08 Nov 2002

Out on the plains the Brolgas are dancing
Lifting their feet like warhorses prancing:
Up to the sun the woodlarks go winging
Faint in the dawn light echoes their singing
Orana! Orana! Orana! To Christmas Day.

Down where the treeferns grow by the river,
There where the waters sparkle and quiver,
Deep in the gullies Bellbirds are chiming,
Softly and sweetly their lyric notes rhyming
Orana! Orana! Orana! To Christmas Day.

Friarbirds sip the nectar of flowers,
Currawongs chant in wattletree bowers;
In the blue ranges Lorikeets calling
Carols of bushbirds rising and falling
Orana! Orana! Orana! To Christmas Day.

Soft karaoke
Words
choir 1
choir 2
str 1
str 2
brass
pizz
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Carol Of The Birds 1948
Music by William G. James
Lyrics by John Wheeler
copyright MCMXLVIII by Chappell and Co. Ltd.
sequence and karaoke by
James Pitt-Payne, London UK and
Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
on Friday 08 Nov 2002 at 07.30
in association with Doug Grierson