by Emma Mutter
vocalhealthwithemma.com
shared and sung with permission
Listen (and purchase!) the song here:
emmamutter.bandcamp.com/track/valentine
Emma Mutter is a community song leader and talented songwriter who lives in the UK. Emma writes “I have been writing songs for community groups since 2020. I love using themes of nature, hope and kindness in my lyrics, and my songs tend to be simple but with a little crunch somewhere in the harmonies.”
You can hear more of Emma’s songs and support Emma’s work through Bandcamp where she has a terrific album called Light Returning: https://emmamutter.bandcamp.com/album/light-returning And purchase more song tracks and sheet music from Emma here: https://payhip.com/EmmaMutterSongs
Sara taught this beautiful call and response song with a slightly simplified arrangement for the ooo echo that omitted harmonies and *left off the two lines of a harmonic bridge at the end of the song.
*See track below
Emma has given permission to share this track and requests that if you are planning to share and teach this song, please either purchase her bandcamp album or the individual song offerings on her payhip site (listed below).
Lyrics:
Eucalyptus and dusky pine
A scented path for my valentine(ooos)
Wild rose with stars of jasmine twine
A garland for my valentine(ooos)
The constellations in velvet shine
Soft starlight on my valentine(ooos)
Until the lark with voice divine
Pours out her heart to my valentine(ooos – 2 of the initial ooo pattern, two with the higher pattern)
(For all in the world that is lovely or fine
Was so arranged for my valentine)*
Simplified oo pattern – the second line echos the first, entering after two notes: