Stockbridge Mohican Song
2005
Composer:
Brent Michael Davids
Librettist:
Brent Michael Davis
Composer website:
http://www.brentmichaeldavids.com/concertmusic.html
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.