unknown author Teaching page made 4/2024 "What a queer bird" is a poem, folk song, or essay that may be sung as a round. It first can be found in print in 1921. It rapidly disseminated across dozens of publications in the United States the following year, but its precise origin is unclear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_queer_bird Words: … Continue reading What a Queer Bird
Ancestor Sky People
Ancestor Sky People Words: from a poem by Misha Saez Music: Harmony GrismanOriginal: https://harmonygrisman.bandcamp.com/track/ancestor-sky-peopleFrom the album: Chants of a Lifetime: https://harmonygrisman.bandcamp.com/album/chants-of-a-lifetime-2 https://www.harmonygrisman.com/index.html Teaching page made March 2019 Recordings with Kaitie's harmonies below. Kaitie says: I was taught this song by Karen, a kind woman who took me and another choir leader into her home to … Continue reading Ancestor Sky People
O Water
by Kaitie Ty Warren©2017Additional lyrics by Nik Warren©2024 Teaching page made 4/2018 Follow Kaitie: Patreon.com/KaitieTyFollow Nik: PathlessWorld.org In 2024, Kaitie and her dad, poet Nik Warren, collaborated to make a new set of lyrics from two of Nik's poems. Nik's notes: the line The Great Fish glides over me invokes a feeling of being underwater; … Continue reading O Water