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The Lullaby Trilogy
(2022)
I. Those Little Pins of Light
SATB choir and piano | Original text and music | 5 minutes
"This poem and tune were both inspired by the late-night and early-morning nonsense songs I sang to my baby daughter in her first few months of life. Although those songs and words were admittedly much sillier than this particular one, the general sentiment is the same: an easily sing-able melody with a folk-like quality inspired by the music of Nova Scotia and the East Coast with soothing words which will eventually comfort a little baby girl who cannot yet understand them."
Those Little Pins of Light
Edward Enman | 2018
Floating away and shining across,
Stars keep on watching long after loss.
Long after day and long after love,
Reaching with light from far up above.
Loo-loo-la-loo, loo-loo-la-loo,
Loo-la-loo, loo-la-loo, loo-loo-la-loo.
Sleep until morning, sleep through the night,
Follow the stars and all will be bright.
Fly away high and fly away far,
Fly away dancing from star to star.
Even in darkness you'll always be
Off on your own, now solo and free.
Loo-loo-la-loo, loo-loo-la-loo,
Loo-la-loo, loo-la-loo, loo-loo-la-loo.
Sleep until morning, sleep through the night,
Follow the stars and all will be bright.
Over and all around you will find
Pins of light shining through your whole mind.
Through ev'ry sight and through ev'ry sound,
Lifting and pushing you up with a bound.
Lighting your thoughts and showing your dreams,
Light is much warmer and full than it seems.
Circling and growing without the ends,
Closer than close, pins of light are your friends.
Floating above and shining across,
Stars keep on watching long after loss.
Long after day and long after love,
Reaching with light from far up above.
Loo-loo-la-loo, loo-loo-la-loo,
Loo-la-loo, loo-la-loo, loo-loo-la-loo.
Sleep until morning, sleep through the night,
Follow the stars and all will be bright.
II. LIGHT UP
Treble choir (SA) with piano | Original text | 5 minutes
Score for Part II can be purchased here.
LIGHT UP
Edward Enman | 2019
In the air, I will send a breath of light up high
And push it past the sunlit day to play among the stars.
Listen closely, hear the moving wind that flies to you –
Light up, I will lead you all along the way.
Light up.
Have you wondered in the dark of where the light has gone?
Or do you look for quiet places hiding under day?
In the night or with the sun, you can always shine –
Light up, light up, light up,
Light up, light up, light up,
Light up, light up,
Light up, light up,
Light up.
III. All the love that lies beneath
Winner of the Chronos Vocal Ensemble's 2022 Composition Competition
SATB choir | Original text | 5 minutes
Score for Part III can be purchased through Cypress Choral Music here.
All the love that lies beneath
Edward Enman | 2019
Leading, moving t’ward the end,
Warmly show and freely send
All the love that lies beneath.
Hide the day in mem’ries deep
And keep all openness in sleep.
Find the love that lies beneath.
When all lights in towers dim,
Hold the lamp, strong from within.
Share the love that lies beneath.
Breathing softly, list’ning near,
Seek a shadow’s sound to hear,
Travel closely without need
And reach your heart to those who bleed.
Take the peace you strive to grow
And build a wind with which to blow - All the love that lies beneath,
All the love that lies beneath,
All the love that lies beneath.