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Newell Highway

from Green Footprints by Ecopella

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This song celebrates the Warrumbungle Ranges in inland NSW. John first heard the tune, C.H.H. Parry's melody for the hymn 'Dear Lord and Father of Mankind,' in his earliest childhood as a theme to a BBC radio programme, and adapted it from that memory.

Miguel's arrangement of it was made for five members of Ecopella who regularly camped together each year at the Nariel Creek Festival in Victoria.

lyrics

Awake before the dawn, within the spires of range
Where magpies ornate melodies
Engrave the chilly morning breeze
Beneath the towering stone

On nights of silver moon, too rich to waste on sleep
In silence make your way to seek
The choirs of frogs in swamp and creek
That sing beneath the stars

Out on the Western Plain beside the roaring road
Where trucks snarl by without a care
Are billabongs with ibis there
And wedge-tail eagles soar

All you who love the earth and make her ways your choice
Cry out against the noise of trade
Demand that silence should be made
That all might hear her voice
Her ancient, matchless voice

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from Green Footprints, released September 4, 2020
Melody: Repton by Charles Parry, 1888
Words: John Warner, 1985
Arranged: Miguel Heatwole, 2013

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Miguel Heatwole Sydney, Australia

Miguel’s a versatile singer, choral director & composer. His interests include folk & world music, political satire, the environment, trade unionism & the responsible enjoyment of alcohol. His songwriting embraces themes like peace & justice, the family cat, & visceral passionate attraction. His enthusiasm for recording community singing has let many people share the power of their songs. ... more

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