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The Lost Words

5. Conker
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Cabinet-maker, could you craft me a conker?
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Macfarlane (b. 1976), appears in The Lost Words: A Spell Book, copyright © 2017

Set by Katerina Gimon (b. 1993), copyright © 2023 [ women's chorus and piano ], Cypress Choral

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7. Fern
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Fern’s first form is furled
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Macfarlane (b. 1976), appears in The Lost Words: A Spell Book, copyright © 2017

Set by Katerina Gimon (b. 1993), copyright © 2023 [ women's chorus and piano ], Cypress Choral

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8. Heather
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Heather is never merely heather
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Macfarlane (b. 1976), appears in The Lost Words: A Spell Book, copyright © 2017

Set by Katerina Gimon (b. 1993), copyright © 2023 [ women's chorus and piano ], Cypress Choral

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9. Heron
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Here hunts heron. Here haunts heron
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Macfarlane (b. 1976), appears in The Lost Words: A Spell Book, copyright © 2017

Set by Katerina Gimon (b. 1993), copyright © 2023 [ women's chorus and piano ], Cypress Choral

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10. Ivy
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
I am ivy, a real high-flyer
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Macfarlane (b. 1976), appears in The Lost Words: A Spell Book, copyright © 2017

Set by Katerina Gimon (b. 1993), copyright © 2023 [ women's chorus and piano ], Cypress Choral

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12. Lark  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Little astronaut, where have you gone, and how is your
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Macfarlane (b. 1976), appears in The Lost Words: A Spell Book, copyright © 2017

Set by Carmen Braden (b. 1985), copyright © 2023 [ women's chorus and piano ], Cypress Choral

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15. Otter
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Otter enters river without falter – what a
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Macfarlane (b. 1976), appears in The Lost Words: A Spell Book, copyright ©

Set by Monica Pearce , copyright © 2023 [ ssaa chorus and piano ], Cypress Choral

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18. Weasel
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Weasel whirls through world like wildfire
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Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Macfarlane (b. 1976), copyright ©

Set by Marie-Claire Saindon (b. 1984), 2023 [ women's chorus and piano ]

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Total word count: 575
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