2009

Please Take My Words

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3 Songs About Words Song Collection

"Please Take My Words" is the third song in Jeremy Gill's song cycle 3 Songs About Words.

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Please Take My Words
by Lucy Miller Murray

Please take my words
And turn them into song,
Do not leave them in a dusty drawer
For someone else to find
When we are done.

Please take my words
And turn them into song—
Give them your long crescendos,
Your subtle harmonies,
And your gentle ritards.

Please take my words
And turn them into song,
And if you do,
I shall be a child
Let loose among bells.

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Audio

“Please Take My Words” (from “3 Songs About Words”)

Sarah Wolfson (soprano) & Renate Rohlfing (piano)2:31

Jeremy Gill

Composer

Lucy Miller Murray

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2009

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Used with the permission of the composer