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[HANASHIR:8034] Re: Great song for Tu Bishvat



Ok, ok, so we have a easy, fun song that most people know, but the lyrics 
don't have any Judaic tie-in.  So, make one!  "There was an eytz...  And the 
Sefer Torah goes around and around, and the Sefer Torah goes around (gee, now 
it's a Simchat Torah song, too).

Michael

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> Date: Tuesday, 23-Jan-01 10:22 PM
> 
> From: Meris Ruzow              \ Internet:    (meris (at) 
> nycap(dot)rr(dot)com)
> To:   Hanashir Mail Server     \ Internet:    (hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org)
> 
> Subject:  [HANASHIR:8014] Re: Great song for Tu Bishvat
> 
> Sender: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Reply-to:       hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> To:     hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> I actually thought of another TuB'shevat song...... it's kind of a 
stretch....
> now dig back into your memories......... "There was a tree (echo)..... (sol 
do
> re me ......)That had a branch (echo), the prettiest little branch (echo) 
that
> you ever did see! (echo) etc. etc. And the green grass grows all around all
> around, and the green grass grows all around.   It's one of those chain 
songs
> where you keep adding to the verse....... just a thought.
> Meris Ruzow
> meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: shirona <shirona (at) bellatlantic(dot)net>
>     To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>     Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 6:56 PM
>     Subject: [HANASHIR:8013] Great song for Tu Bishvat
>     
>     
>     Just thought of a GREAT song for Tu Bishvat, ( got very excited about 
it )
> and took the trouble to type up the lyrics to share with you all.  It's the
> theme song from the Disney film Pocahontas.  If you never saw the film and
> don't know the song - it's worth renting just for that.
>     
>     Shirona
>     
>     Colors Of The Wind 
> 
>     Music by Alan Menken
> 
>     Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
> 
>     
> 
>     You think you own whatever land you land on
> 
>     The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
> 
>     But I know every rock and tree and creature
> 
>     Has a life, has a spirit, has a name.
> 
>     
> 
>     You think the only people who are people
> 
>     Are the people who look and think like you
> 
>     But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, 
> 
>     You'll learn things you never knew you never knew.
> 
>     
> 
>     Chorus: 
> 
>     Have you ever heard the Wolf cry to the Blue Corn Moon,
> 
>     Or asked the grinning Bobcat why he grinned? (1st time)
> 
>     Or let the Eagle tell you where he's been? (2nd time)
> 
>     Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain,
> 
>     Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
> 
>     Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
> 
>     
> 
>     Come run the hidden Pine-trails of the forest,
> 
>     Come taste the Sun-sweet berries of the earth
> 
>     Come roll in all the riches all around you
> 
>     And for once never wonder what they're worth.
> 
>     
> 
>     The rainstorm and the river are my brothers,
> 
>     The Heron and the Otter are my friends,
> 
>     And we are all connected to each other
> 
>     In a circle, in a hoop that never ends.
> 
>     
> 
>     Chorus #2?
> 
>     
> 
>     How high does the Sycamore grow?
> 
>     If you cut it down ? then you'll never know?
> 
>     
> 
>     And you'll never hear the Wolf cry to the Blue Corn Moon,
> 
>     For whether we are white or copper skinned ? 
> 
>     We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain,
> 
>     We need to paint with all the colors of the wind
> 
>     You can own the earth and still ? 
> 
>     All you'll own is earth until ? 
> 
>     You can paint with all the colors of the wind?
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="CG Times">I actually thought of another 
> TuB'shevat song...... it's kind of a stretch.... now dig back into your 
> memories......... &quot;There was a tree (echo)..... (sol do re me 
......)That
> had a branch (echo), the prettiest little branch (echo) that you ever did 
see!
> (echo) etc. etc. And the green grass grows all around all around, and the 
green
> grass grows all around.   It's one of those chain songs where you
> keep 
> adding to the verse....... just a thought.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="CG Times">Meris Ruzow</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="CG Times"><A 
> href="mailto:meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com">meris (at) 
> nycap(dot)rr(dot)com</A></FONT></DIV>
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>     <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original 
Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
>     </B>shirona <<A 
>    
> href="mailto:shirona (at) bellatlantic(dot)net">shirona (at) 
> bellatlantic(dot)net</A>><BR><B>T
> o: 
>     </B><A href="mailto:hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org">hanashir (at) 
> shamash(dot)org</A> <<A 
>     href="mailto:hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org">hanashir (at) 
> shamash(dot)org</A>><BR><B>Date:
>     </B>Tuesday, January 23, 2001 6:56 PM<BR><B>Subject: 
</B>[HANASHIR:8013] 
>     Great song for Tu Bishvat<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
>     <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Just thought of a GREAT song for Tu Bishvat, ( 
got 
>     very excited about it ) and took the trouble to type up the lyrics to 
share
>     with you all.  It's the theme song from the Disney film 
>     Pocahontas.  If you never saw the film and don't know the song - it's
>     worth renting just for that.</FONT></DIV>
>     <DIV> </DIV>
>     <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Shirona</FONT></DIV>
>     <DIV> </DIV>
>     <DIV><B><FONT size=5>
>     <P>Colors Of The Wind </P></B></FONT><FONT size=2>
>     <P>Music by Alan Menken</P>
>     <P>Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz</P>
>     <P> </P></FONT>
>     <P>You think you own whatever land you land on</P>
>     <P>The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim</P>
>     <P>But I know every rock and tree and creature</P>
>     <P>Has a life, has a spirit, has a name.</P>
>     <P> </P>
>     <P>You think the only people who are people</P>
>     <P>Are the people who look and think like you</P>
>     <P>But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, </P>
>     <P>You&rsquo;ll learn things you never knew you never knew.</P>
>     <P> </P>
>     <P>Chorus: </P>
>     <P>Have you ever heard the Wolf cry to the Blue Corn Moon,</P>
>     <P>Or asked the grinning Bobcat why he grinned? (1<SUP>st</SUP> 
time)</P>
>     <P>Or let the Eagle tell you where he&rsquo;s been? (2<SUP>nd</SUP> 
> time)</P>
>     <P>Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain,</P>
>     <P>Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?</P>
>     <P>Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?</P>
>     <P> </P>
>     <P>Come run the hidden Pine-trails of the forest,</P>
>     <P>Come taste the Sun-sweet berries of the earth</P>
>     <P>Come roll in all the riches all around you</P>
>     <P>And for once never wonder what they&rsquo;re worth.</P>
>     <P> </P>
>     <P>The rainstorm and the river are my brothers,</P>
>     <P>The Heron and the Otter are my friends,</P>
>     <P>And we are all connected to each other</P>
>     <P>In a circle, in a hoop that never ends.</P>
>     <P> </P>
>     <P>Chorus #2&hellip;</P>
>     <P> </P>
>     <P>How high does the Sycamore grow?</P>
>     <P>If you cut it down &ndash; then you&rsquo;ll never know&hellip;</P>
>     <P> </P>
>     <P>And you&rsquo;ll never hear the Wolf cry to the Blue Corn Moon,</P>
>     <P>For whether we are white or copper skinned &ndash; </P>
>     <P>We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain,</P>
>     <P>We need to paint with all the colors of the wind</P>
>     <P>You can own the earth and still &ndash; </P>
>     <P>All you&rsquo;ll own is earth until &ndash; </P>
>     <P>You can paint with all the colors of the wind&hellip;</P><FONT 
size=2>
>     <P> </P></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
> 
> 

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