West Denmark Lutheran Church

Tuesdays at 2pm
Welcome to the April 13th edition of Sounds of Home!

This is My Song

This is my song, O God of all the nations,
a song of peace for lands afar and mine.
This is my home, the country where my heart is,
here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine;
but other hearts in other lands are beating
with hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.

My country’s skies are bluer than the ocean,
and sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine.
But other lands have sunlight too, and clover,
and skies are ev’rywhere as as blue as mine.
So hear my song, O God of all the nations,
a song of peace for their land and for mine.

Text: Lloyd Stone
Music: Jean Sibelius

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Like to lend your voice?
Our upcoming theme is “rock”

If you have a response to this theme – whether a story or memory, original piece of writing or poetry, music, radio drama, or one-liner – the sky’s the limit –  or would like to guest host or lead a song to sing together, 
we’re eager to hear from you!

Still have a thought for “land”?  
Send it in and we’ll include it at the beginning of the program.

To submit a response, 
please make an audio recording and email it to Molly
or send in a written response to be read aloud on the program.

Contact Molly at tulkmo01@luther.edu for information and submissions.
Submission deadline is Monday, April 19th.

Tuesdays at 2pm
Welcome to the April 6th edition of Sounds of Home!

Danish Hiking Song

Hustle up you lazy good-for-nothing sofa lover,
Dust the cobwebs from your soul.
Join our happy song as we stride along
With the forests and the fields our goal.

Take your leave from books our dusty, musty friends and tyrants,
And declare your liberty;
Books may be okay for another day,
But today we will be gay and free.

Blue skies are calling, gentle winds are blowing;
Kind Mother Nature heals the strain and ends decay.
Where flowers bloom and quiet streams are flowing
We find the strength to meet the tasks of today.

Join our company of hiking-liking nature seekers,
Fall in line and step along!
Drive away the blues, sing the song you choose,
And the weakest will grow glad and strong!

Though your spirit’s low from penny-worries, double-trouble,
Never mind but step along.
If your strength gives out, lift your voice and shout,
You will find your second wind in song!

Blue skies are calling, gentle winds are blowing;
Kind Mother Nature heals the strain and ends decay.
Where flowers bloom and quiet streams are flowing
We find the strength to meet the tasks of today.

Text: G.D.N.; trans. by Johs. Knudsen
Music: Gunnar Damgaard Nielsen

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Like to lend your voice?
Our upcoming theme is “land”

If you have a response to this theme – whether a story or memory, original piece of writing or poetry, music, radio drama, or one-liner – the sky’s the limit –  or would like to guest host or lead a song to sing together, 
we’re eager to hear from you!

Still have a thought for “note”?  
Send it in and we’ll include it at the beginning of the program.

To submit a response, 
please make an audio recording and email it to Molly
or send in a written response to be read aloud on the program.

Contact Molly at tulkmo01@luther.edu for information and submissions.
Submission deadline is Monday, April 12th.

Tuesdays at 2pm
Welcome to the March 30th edition of Sounds of Home!

Jenny Wren

‘Twas on a merry time, when Jenny Wren was young,
So neatly as she danced, and so sweetly as she sung.
Robin Redbreast lost his heart, he was a gallant bird,
He doffed his cap to Jenny Wren, requesting to be heard.

“My dearest Jenny Wren, if you will be but mine,
You shall dine on cherry pie, and drink nice currant wine;
I’ll dress you like a goldfinch, or like a peacock gay,
So if you’ll have me Jenny, dear, let’s us appoint the day.”

Jenny blushed behind her fan, and thus declared her mind,
“So let it be tomorrow, Rob, I’ll take your offer kind;
Cherry pie is good, and so is currant wine,
But I will wear my plain brown gown, and never dress too fine.”

Robin Redbreast got up early, all at the break of day,
He flew to Jenny Wren’s house, and sang a roundelay;
He sang of Robin Redbreast, and pretty Jenny Wren,
And when he came unto the end, he then began again.

Traditional

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Like to lend your voice?
Our upcoming theme is “note”

If you have a response to this theme – whether a story or memory, original piece of writing or poetry, music, radio drama, or one-liner – the sky’s the limit –  or would like to guest host or lead a song to sing together, 
we’re eager to hear from you!

To submit a response, 
please make an audio recording and email it to Molly
or send in a written response to be read aloud on the program.

What signs of spring have you noticed?
We’d love to hear/see them for our “note” program, too.
Audio recordings, photographs, and written observations are all welcome.

Contact Molly at tulkmo01@luther.edu for information and submissions.
Submission deadline is Monday, April 5th.

Tuesdays at 2pm
Welcome to the March 23rd edition of Sounds of Home!

We Shall Overcome

We shall overcome, We shall overcome,
We shall overcome some day.
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe
We shall overcome some day.

We are not afraid, We are not afraid,
We are not afraid today.
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe
We are not afraid today.

We’ll walk hand in hand, We’ll walk hand in hand,
We’ll walk hand in hand some day.
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe
We’ll walk hand in hand some day.

We shall overcome, We shall overcome,
We shall overcome some day.
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe
We shall overcome some day.

Traditional

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Like to lend your voice?
Our upcoming theme is “connection”

If you have a response to this theme – whether a story or memory, original piece of writing or poetry, music, radio drama, or one-liner – the sky’s the limit –  or would like to guest host or lead a song to sing together, 
we’re eager to hear from you!

Still have a thought for “over”?  
Send it in and we’ll include it at the beginning of the program.

To submit a response, 
please make an audio recording and email it to Molly
or send in a written response to be read aloud on the program.

Contact Molly at tulkmo01@luther.edu for information and submissions.
Submission deadline is Monday, March 29th.

Tuesdays at 2pm
Welcome to the March 16th edition of Sounds of Home!

Over the Meadows

Over the meadow green and wide,
Blooming in the sunlight, Blooming in the sunlight,
Over the meadows, green and wide,
Off we go a roaming side by side.

Stream-lets down mountain go, Pure from the winter snow,
Joining they swiftly go, Singing of life so free,
Streamlet’s down mountain go, Pure from the winter snow,
Joining they swiftly go, Calling to me!

Sweet is the air with new mown hay,
Cooling in the twilight, Cooling in the twilight,
Sweet is the air with new mown hay,
As we homeward go at close of day.

Stream-lets down mountain go, Pure from the winter snow,
Joining they swiftly go, Singing of life so free,
Stream-lets down mountain go, Pure from the winter snow,
Joining they swiftly go, Calling to me!

Text: from Singing America
Music: Czech Folk Song, arr. by Robert Speed

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Like to lend your voice?
Our upcoming theme is “over”

If you have a response to this theme – whether a story or memory, original piece of writing or poetry, music, radio drama, or one-liner – the sky’s the limit –  or would like to guest host or lead a song to sing together, 
we’re eager to hear from you!

Still have a thought for “green”?  
Send it in and we’ll include it at the beginning of the program.

To submit a response, 
please make an audio recording and email it to Molly
or send in a written response to be read aloud on the program.

Contact Molly at tulkmo01@luther.edu for information and submissions.
Submission deadline is Monday, March 22nd.

Tuesdays at 2pm
Welcome to the March 9th edition of Sounds of Home!

Maple Sweet

When you see the vapor pillar lick the forest and the sky,
You may know the days of sugar making then are drawing nigh;
Frosty night and sunny day, Make the maple pulses play,
Till congested with its sweetness it delights to bleed away.

Chorus:
Oh! Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble goes the pan,
Furnish sweeter music for the season if you can,
See the golden billows, watch their ebb and flow,
Sweetest joys indeed, we sugar makers know.

When you see the farmer trudging with the dripping buckets home,
You may know the days of sugar making then have fully come;
As the fragrant odors pour through the open kitchen door,
How the eager children rally, ever loudly calling, “More!” Chorus

Do you say you don’t believe it? Take a saucer and a spoon,
Through you’re sourer than a lemon, you’ll be sweeter very soon;
Why, the greenest leaves you see, on the spreading maple tree,
Though they sip and sip all summer, will the autumn beauties be. Chorus

And for home or love, or any kind of sickness, ’tis the thing,
Take in allopathic doses, and repeat it every spring;
Until every one you meet, if at home or on the street,
Will be half a mind to bite you, for you look so very sweet. Chorus

Song: Perrin B. Fiske

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Like to lend your voice?
Our upcoming theme is “green”

If you have a response to this theme – whether a story or memory, original piece of writing or poetry, music, radio drama, or one-liner – the sky’s the limit –  or would like to guest host or lead a song to sing together, 
we’re eager to hear from you!

Still have a thought for “band”?  
Send it in and we’ll include it at the beginning of the program.

To submit a response, 
please make an audio recording and email it to Molly
or send in a written response to be read aloud on the program.

Contact Molly at tulkmo01@luther.edu for information and submissions.
Submission deadline is Monday, March 15th.

Tuesdays at 2pm
Welcome to the March 2nd edition of Sounds of Home!

Wabash Cannonball

From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific’s shore,
From the ones we leave behind us to the ones we see once more,
She’s mighty tall and handsome, and quite well known by all,
She’s a modern combination Called the Wabash Cannonball.

Hear the bell and whistle calling, hear the wheels that go “clack, clack,”
Hear the roaring of the engine, as she rolls along the track.
The magic of the railroad wins hearts of one and all,
As we reach our destination on the Wabash Cannonball.

American Folk Song

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Like to lend your voice?
Our upcoming theme is “band”

If you have a response to this theme – whether a story or memory, original piece of writing or poetry, music, radio drama, or one-liner – the sky’s the limit –  or would like to guest host or lead a song to sing together, 
we’re eager to hear from you!

Just thought of something for “ball”?  
Send it in and we’ll include it at the beginning of the program.

To submit a response, 
please make an audio recording and email it to Molly
or send in a written response to be read aloud on the program.

Contact Molly at tulkmo01@luther.edu for information and submissions.
Submission deadline is Monday, March 8th.

Tuesdays at 2pm
Welcome to the February 23rd edition of Sounds of Home!

Windy Old Weather

As we were a-fishin’ off Haisborough light,
Shootin’ and haulin’ and trav’lin’ all night,

Chorus:
It was windy old weather, stormy old weather,
When the wind blows, we all pull together.

We sighted a herring, the king of the sea,
Says, “Now, old skipper, you cannot catch me.”
(Chorus)

We sighted a mackerel with stripes on his back,
“Time now, old skipper, top shift your main tack.”
(Chorus)

We sighted a conger as long as a mile,
“Winds blowing easterly,” he said with a smile.
(Chorus)

We sighted a plaice that had spots on his side,
Says, “Now, old skipper, these seas you won’t ride.”
(Chorus)

I think what these fishes are saying is right,
We’ll haul in our nets and we’ll make for the light.
(Chorus)

Traditional

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Like to lend your voice?
Our upcoming theme is “ball”

If you have a response to this theme – whether a story or memory, original piece of writing or poetry, music, radio drama, or one-liner – the sky’s the limit –  or would like to guest host or lead a song to sing together, 
we’re eager to hear from you!

Just thought of something for “storm”?  
Send it in and we’ll include it at the beginning of the program.

To submit a response, 
please make an audio recording and email it to Molly
or send in a written response to be read aloud on the program.

Contact Molly at tulkmo01@luther.edu for information and submissions.
Submission deadline is Monday, March 1st.

Tuesdays at 2pm
Welcome to the February 16th edition of Sounds of Home!

Funiculì, Funiculà
(A Merry Life)

Some think the world is made for fun and frolic,
And so do I! And so do I!
Some think it well to be all melancholic,
To pine and sigh; to pine and sigh;
But I, I love to spend my time in singing,
Some joyous song, some joyous song,
To set the air with music bravely ringing
Is far from wrong! Is far from wrong!
Harken, harken, music sounds a-far!
Harken, harken, with a happy heart!
Funiculì, funiculà, funiculì, funiculà!
Joy is everywhere, funiculì, funiculà!

Ah me! ’tis strange that some should take to sighing,
And like it well! And like it well!
For me, I have not thought it worth the trying,
So cannot tell! So cannot tell!
With laugh, with dance and song the day soon passes
Full soon is gone, full soon is gone,
For mirth was made for joyous lads and lasses
To call their own! To call their own!
Harken, harken, hark the soft guitar!
Harken, harken, hark the soft guitar!
Funiculì, funiculà, funiculì, funiculà!
Hark the soft guitar, funiculì, funiculà!

English Text: Edward Oxenford
Music: Luigi Denza

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Like to lend your voice?
Our upcoming theme is “storm”

If you have a response to this theme – whether a story or memory, original piece of writing or poetry, music, radio drama, or one-liner – the sky’s the limit –  or would like to guest host or lead a song to sing together, 
we’re eager to hear from you!

Just thought of something for “party”?
Send it in and we’ll include it at the beginning of the program.

To submit a response, 
please make an audio recording and email it to Molly
or send in a written response to be read aloud on the program.

Contact Molly at tulkmo01@luther.edu for information and submissions.
Submission deadline is Monday, February 22nd.

Tuesdays at 2pm
Welcome to the February 9th edition of Sounds of Home!

Lead Me, Guide Me

Refrain:
Lead me, guide me, along the way;
for if you lead me, I cannot stray.
Lord, let me walk each day with thee.
Lead me, O Lord, lead me.

I am weak and I need thy strength and pow’r
to help me over my weakest hour.
Help me through the darkness thy face to see.
Lead me, O Lord, lead me. Refrain

Help me tread in the paths of righteousness,
be my aid when Satan and sin oppress.
I am putting all my trust in thee.
Lead me, O Lord, lead me. Refrain

I am lost if you take your hand from me,
I am blind without thy light to see.
Lord, just always let me thy servant be.
Lead me, O Lord, lead me. Refrain

Text: Doris Akers
Music: Doris Akers

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Like to lend your voice?
Our upcoming theme is “party”

If you have a response to this theme – whether a story or memory, original piece of writing or poetry, music, radio drama, or one-liner – the sky’s the limit –  or would like to guest host or lead a song to sing together, 
we’re eager to hear from you!

To submit a response, 
please make an audio recording and email it to Molly
or send in a written response to be read aloud on the program.

Contact Molly at tulkmo01@luther.edu for information and submissions.
Submission deadline is Monday, February 15th.