[HANASHIR:6196] Re: lyrics

[Rachel Gurevitz <R.Gurevitz...>]

As requested, the lyrics to Sarah and Hagar.  Please note, these are
Linda Hirschhorn's most recent version of the lyrics - you will find
them to be slightly different from the version she originally recorded.

I am calling you oh Sarah
This is your sister Hagar
Calling through the centuries
To reach you from afar

Here is my son Ishmael
Your sister's son alive
We share the sons of Abraham
Two peoples once tribe

Oh yes I am your Sarah
I remember you Hagar
Your voice comes through the distance
a cry upon my heart

It was I who cast you out in fear and jealousy
Yet your vision survived the wilderness
To reach your destiny

But it wasn't until my Isaac lay under the knife
That I recognised your peril
The danger to your life

I tremble now Hagar
for our peril's still the same
We will not survive as strangers
We must speak each other's name

We must tell each others' stories
Make each other strong
And sing the dream of ancient lands
Where both of us belong

We must hear the prayers
Where spirit first was sown
That all of our children
May call this land their home.

(Originally recorded on 'More Than Luck and a Prayer'; new version 1997)

On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Callie Maidhof wrote:

> Does anyone have the lyrics to the song that is a dialogue between Hagar
> and Sarah?  I don't remember the name, but I think it may be by Linda
> Hirschhorn.
> I need them ASAP!  Thanks!
> Callie
> 

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