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Give Thanks to the Wood Wide Web: A Wassail Waltz for the Fungi

January 17, 2022 Filed Under: Apple Wassail, Song Writing

Jane Lewis 2022 With thanks to Merlin Sheldrake Mycelial networks under my feet, Give thanks to the wood wide web Sustaining all life and the apples we eat, Give thanks to the wood wide web So waltz with the hyphae, tip and strand, Give thanks to the wood wide web Unmakers and makers of the […]

Donkey field Community Orchard Canon 2011

June 21, 2020 Filed Under: Apple Wassail, Song Writing

The idea of setting Tallis Canon to names of apples grown in an orchard came from my friend Camilla Cancantata – a great community musician and prolific song writer living in Knighton. Apples have beautiful and evocative names and I enjoyed playing about with the varieties grown at The Donkeyfield Community Orchard in Portobello, Edinburgh, […]

Stand Fast Root 2020

June 21, 2020 Filed Under: Apple Wassail, Song Writing

Words: 19th century Sussex Music: Jane Lewis Stand fast root, Bear well top, Pray the God send us a howling good crop, Ev’ry twig apples big, Ev’ry bough, apples now This song works as a 5 part round – or you can sing it in fewer parts if you like! Tune: As a 5 part […]

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