Grasshopper Hymn pmh; PSGW 2003
Summer camp 2004 we were showing each other our works-in-progress and Leah said,” Let’s harmonise it.” What joy! My dears, thank you: Laura Golden, Cindy Kallet, and Leah Kaufmann
Lyrics
Curtains of rain sweep down the valley,
the storm on my doorstep at close of the day.
Could’ve been ready, hatches all battened
But I was out singing in my grasshopper way.
Somebody told me to move to the high ground
Somebody told me to brace for a squall
The wise virgin readies her lamp for the bridegroom
Ant knows that grasshopper’s courting a fall.
Curtains of rain sweep down the valley,
a clutch in my heart at the sound of the storm.
Echoes of Aesop, could’ve been ready,
Hatches all battened, cozy and warm.
But, singing my heart out, I have a calling
To sing through the storm at the close of the day,
Sing for the light till the advent of morning,
Sing for my supper in my grasshopper way.
Curtains of rain sweep down the valley,
the storm on my doorstep at close of the day.
Could’ve been ready, hatches all battened
But I was out singing in my grasshopper way.