I am working through the Shirley Erena Murray texts in Alleluia Aotearoa.
This is a song for Palm Sunday. I have never found a Palm Sunday song that I like and is fairly singable. The setting here sounds like a nursery rhyme, which jars as the lyrics get darker in the last two verses, and makes me fear I still haven’t found one. The setting is SEE SAW SACCARA DOWN .
The text and sheet music are at Hope Publications.
Getting a rapid 6/8 in BIAB that wasn’t out of kilter took some doing.
The tune doesn’t seem exactly the same as the nursery rhyme versions I’ve heard but this harp performance is nice.