Free Downloads of “Swannanoa”

I’ve gotten several requests from churches and other gathering groups to use this piece in services as a “healing song,” after the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Here are free downloads of the recording, and the sheet music, for anyone who wants them.

We are each other’s harvest;
We are each other’s business;
We are each other’s magnitude and bond.
– Gwendolyn Brooks

Download a free MP3 of “Swannanoa”
Download a free PDF of the sheet music for “Swannanoa”

LYRICS:

Swannanoa, I can hear you
call my name upon the wind
If I fall behind, don’t worry
You will see my face again
You will see my face again

Swannanoa, I am longing
for my home so far away
I will carry you within me
from the cradle to the grave
From the cradle to the grave

And the mountains, and the mist
and the white clouds they kissed
And the sweetgum’s perfume in my hair

When these hard times have passed
I will see you at last
Swannanoa, I’ll be home to stay
Oh my darling, I’ll be home to stay

REPEAT LAST SECTION