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1. Sparrow, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. The Tyger, by William Blake © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.
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1. If, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. A Drowsy Day, by Paul Laurence Dunbar © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.
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1. Ships That Pass in the Night, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. The Sparrow, by Paul Laurence Dunbar © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.
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1. The Sparrow, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. The Dove, by Paul Laurence Dunbar With Principal Marco Menendez on percussion. This was one of the last regular events at school before the COVID lockdown. © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.
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New arrangements: 1. The Sparrow, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. The Dove, by Paul Laurence Dunbar © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.
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1. Scarborough Fair (arrangement) 2. Heart of Gold (Greensleeves) 3. Corona, by Ernest Hemmingway © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.
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For MLK Day: Pride (In the Name of Love), by U2 MLK, by U2 Both songs are featured on U2’s fourth studio album, The Unforgettable Fire, which was released in 1984. © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.
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From Three Stories and Ten Poems, some arrangements: 1. Corona (Mitraigliatrice), by Ernest Hemingway 2. Captives, by Ernest Hemingway 3. Old Soldiers Never Do Die Well (Champs D’Honneur), by Ernest Hemingway 4. Chapter Heading, by Ernest Hemingway NB: Original titles in parenthesis. © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.
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1. “War Is Kind,” by Stephen Crane (arrangement) 2. Caesar’s Lament (original) © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.
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Set to the tune of Greensleeves, “The Old Year Now Away Is Fled” dates to as early as 1642. It was a common practice, then, to set new lyrics to familiar melodies, and Greensleeves, which dates to the 1500s, was a popular melody. The version I present retains the chord structure of the tune, but…