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    Work and Sing - An International Songbook
    Work and Sing - An International Songbook
    Work and Sing - An International Songbook
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    Work and Sing - An International Songbook

    By Arthur Groom

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    Originally published in 1948, this early works is an absorbing collection of music. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateSep 28, 2016
    ISBN9781473351943
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      Work and Sing - An International Songbook - Arthur Groom

      Index

      WORK AND SING

      An International Song book

      This international songbook has grown out of the work-camp movement, in which young men and women of many countries are working together in voluntary teams to rebuild where war and disaster have destroyed. As we use hand and spade to help create a better world, so we can use such a songbook as this as a tool in building the fellowship and understanding which must be the basis of all effort toward world unity. Our spirit and goal is international, and this is a collection primarily of FOLKSONGS, the very nature of which emphasize our common humanity.

      The plan has been to include about 90 songs with melody line and words of the song in the original language. As far as possible we have an English version or literal translation, but the richest rewards will come only to those who sing the songs in the original.

      This 1948 edition has been completely revised after the first edition was tried out in workcamps in Europe and America last summer. It is a cooperative undertaking, based on suggestions of many individuals and groups. While we have tried to be sensitive to the desires of as wide a group as possible, our selection has been limited by the size of the book, and the variety of styles and nationalities to be represented. The final responsibility for the selection is assumed by the editor.

      Of those who have helped make the book, I want to thank especially John Hutchings of IVSP, England, who first edited the suggestions gathered last summer in Europe. His knowledge and judgment have been most helpful. Also, thanks go to Gote Svenson of Sweden, Marie Salomaa of Finland, Marie Bryne of Norway, Piet Kruithof of the Netherlands, Elise Thomsen of Denmark, and Dr. Leonhard Deutsch of the United States. The many workcampers and other individuals here and abroad who have had a hand in the project are large in number and each contribution is valued. Lastly, the workcamp movement is indebted to Lynn and Katherine Rohrbough, whose editorial help and enthusiasm for the project as a whole has been far in excess of the usual role of publisher.

      Freda Morrill Abrams,

      Editor

      Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA, 1948

      This song book is jointly sponsored by the following organizations:

      American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) (AFSC)

      20 South 12th Street, Phila. 7, Pa. USA

      Service Civil Voluntaire International (SCI) (With branches in European countries)

      9 Guy de la Brosse, Paris 5, France

      Internationella Arbetslag (IAL)

      Herkulesgatan 22, Stockholm, Sweden

      Kansainvalinen Vapaaehtoinen Tyoleirijarjesto (KVT)

      Helsinki, Finland

      Congregational-Christian Service Committee (CCSC)

      289 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. USA

      Christian Work Camp Fellowship of Canada

      Music and hand-lettering by Jane Keen

      The Peoples of Earth

      From the Dutch. F. O. R. Songbook.

      English translation by Irwin Abrams

      L’ Amitié

      2

      Quel spectacle sur la terre

      Si le monde amait tes lois!

      Plus de troubles plus de guerres,

      Et la Paix sous tous les toits!

      3

      Parles aux ames trop altieres

      Et les soumets a ta loi

      Viens ranger sous ta banniere

      Tous les peuples a la foi.

      2

      What a paradise terrestrial

      If the people loved thy ways!

      No more fighting, no more trouble,

      And peace through all our days.

      3

      Speak to them that are too haughty

      And submit them to thy laws,

      Bring together all the peoples

      And unite them in thy cause.

      2

      Welche Wonne waer' das Leben,

      Ehrte man nur

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