Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.510169 Composed by Glyn Lehmann (music), Phil Cummings (lyrics). Contemporary. Octavo. 14 pages. Glyn Lehmann #3542449. Published by Glyn Lehmann (A0.510169). The opening song from the SPACE RACE song cycle, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, July 1969. Words by Phil Cummings, music by Glyn Lehmann. Other songs are Space Race (To Every Question), The Children of the World (July 1969) and Apollo 11 (Homecoming).In 1961 Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human to enter space and orbit the Earth. The song ebbs and flows as the story of Gagarin's life unfolds; from humble beginnings to his historic journey into space. More information at songlibrary.net/Space-Racehttps://youtu.be/kV-xs9P9LiwGagarin (Beyond Blue Sky) words by Phil Cummings, music by Glyn LehmannBack in April nineteen sixty oneYuri Gagarin was the chosen oneTo climb through a cold silver doorAnd go where no one had gone beforeA farmer’s son, a humble man Childhood memories of dirt on his handsStanding and gazing at the starry skiesWorlds of wonder there behind his eyesThe first to fly beyond air The first to fly beyond blueTo drift in endless dark spaceThat surrounds me and youThe first to take a breathWhere none can ever breathe To live a dream, a powerful dreamAnd make a world believe… in endless possibilitiesAround the world humanity stoodAll waiting, wondering if he couldSurvive the flames of wild fireAs the rattling rocket roared higher and higherVostok soared beyond atmosphereGagarin shouted for the world to hearFor the first time in history A man saw fragile humanityChorusGagarin returned to EarthTo the water, the air, the dirt To a world that began to dreamTo work, to imagine, to schemeTo ponder, to study, to striveFor the conquest beyond blue skyVostok soared beyond the atmosphereGagarin shouted for the world to hearFor the first time in history A man saw fragile humanityIn vast darkness blacker than the nightA fragile planet bathed in lightThe land, the rivers and the seaEarth spins … precariouslyLyrics © 2018 Phil Cummings
