The Crossing

Song Cycle by Odaline de la Martinez (b. 1949)

Publisher: Composers Edition (external link)

1. Overture
 (Sung text)

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2. Nightmare Canoe (Ship of Slaves)
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Chorus
Ooweh oowah.
heh, heh, heh, heh Ooweh oowah.

Tossed and dashed and tossed again.
Hold on, hold on for the children.

Ooweh oowah
Heh, heh, heh, heh
Ooweh oowah

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3. Oko and Imoinda
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Imoinda
Oko, Prince Oko
I long to see you, I long to touch you.
Your name is such sorrow.

Oko 
I feel the darkness 
deeper than the forest.
Echoes of evil, man against man, 
against woman and child.
But I demand to speak to your General.
I am a Prince!

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4. Heart, Drum, Hush
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Hush 
Heart
Drum

Hush 
Heart
Drum

Hush 
Heart
Drum

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Total word count: 89