Stockbridge Mohican Song

2005

Composer:
Brent Michael Davids

Librettist:
Brent Michael Davis

Performance forces:
voice — shaker, 2db

Length:
0:05

Languages:
Mohican

Notes:
We are coming together / k’MUH-yuh-WE-h’now We say thanks / o-NEE-oh-we KSEE-now We see the old ones / NAH-wuh-hah-nuh kah-kuh-CHIGH-sock We say thanks / o-NEE-oh-we KSEE-now Today is a beautiful day / o-NAHH-kuh-MAOW NO-no We say thanks / o-NEE-oh-we KSEE-now Mohican Land / muh-HEE-kun-NEEw AHH-kee We say thanks / o-NEE-oh-we KSEE-now STOCKBRIDGE MOHICAN SONG was written especially for Garrison Keillor and A Prairie Home Companion for the show broadcast on July 2, 2005, from Tanglewood, MA, the original home of the Mohicans. On the PHC premiere, “Stockbridge Mohican Song” was performed by Inga Swearingen, Prudence Johnson, Guys All Star Shoe Band and the Edith Wharton String Quartet.