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Sonnekus2

Song Cycle by John Milton Cage (1912 - 1992)

1.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
       Sarai
      yOur body
      aNah
      aNd
 with mE take food
 of phaRaoh
      hIs
      bEgor
    my Son

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , First Book of Moses (Genesis).

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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

2.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
                      and Said
                         tO jacob their father
                         aNd
 bowed himself to the grouNd
               and said thE
         then you will be Released
                        saId
                       bowEd
     conceived and bore a Son

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , First Book of Moses (Genesis).

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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

3.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
     to jacob there iS this heap and here is this pillar
                and tO his father's household I will go up and tell pharaoh
                    iNdeed he shall be blessed
                    aNd
                   thE men who went with me
 then they made the pResent ready for joseph
          our father Is old
                crossEd over penuel
         the among hiS

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , First Book of Moses (Genesis).

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Note: can be followed by Satie's song Je te veux"
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

4.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
                               diScerning and wise as
                                yOur body
            please let your servaNt speak
 abraham took the wood of the burNt
                               thEn abimelech said
                        now my loRds
                  please turn theIr blood from your hand
                               whEn you till the ground
                              he Shall devour the prey

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , First Book of Moses (Genesis).

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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

5.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
           fatherS
           with yOu the birds with me
                aNd he searched
  but afraid sayiNg
            yoursElf and jacob sand of the sea until he stopped counting
               foR
    and entered hIs
                hE killed him
              dayS then god remembered noah

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , First Book of Moses (Genesis).

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Note: can be followed by Satie's song La Diva de l'Empire
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

6.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
                     he Set him
          a reckoning frOm
         for you are eveN
                  like aNd his
                      thE
      blessed because abRaham obeyed
                        I
 and you did not allow mE to
                  which Shall tell you

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , First Book of Moses (Genesis).

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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

7.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
                     brotherS
                            Of
                       husbaNd
                     egypt aNd
                       yoursElf and jacob
        caught him by his gaRment
               joseph and saId
     to you and you may tradE in the land
 then it happened old and hiS

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , First Book of Moses (Genesis).

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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

8.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
                                 hiS feet and the feet
                              the lOve he had for her
                  they came to haraN
 leah's maid zilpah bore jacob a soN
                              and sEt it up
                                 loRd
                         to dwell wIth
                               garmEnt
                      tubal-cain waS naamah then lamech

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , First Book of Moses (Genesis).

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Note: can be followed by Satie's song Tendrement
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

9.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
         and daughterS
                and mOther
               his haNd
                    aNd said this is
                   thE people whom they had
              the fouRth
                     Isaac
              his namE
 reuben to do indeed Seven

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , First Book of Moses (Genesis).

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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
Total word count: 303
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