[HANASHIR:7966] Re: baby naming dilemma

[ShirMidbar <ShirMidbar...>]

Lori, 

FYI, Andrea Jill Higgins' 'Baby Naming' setting I wrote you about several 
days ago  (found in the new Cantor's Lifecycle Manual,) is of this lyric by 
Cantor Lisa Levine:

With the naming of this baby
Brought forth out of love,
We ask for health and happiness and blessings from God.

With our ancient covenant
She is joined today,
In the presence of our loved ones, for this child we pray.

Keep her safe; keep her warm;
Be her shelter from life's storms,
Make her laughter ring like music
And her spirit shine like gold.

Guide her hand; make her smile;
Give her wisdom, and all the while,
Adonai, walk beside her all the days of her life.
Adonai, walk beside her all the days of her life.
(the last two lines modulate up a half-step and repeat)

The piece is written as a lead sheet with chord symbols.

B'shira,

Harry Higgins

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