Choral Choir,Choral,SATB Chorus - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1503844 Composed by Carl Sandburg and Nathaniel Hontz. 20th Century,Contemporary,Holiday,Patriotic,Sacred. 7 pages. TigerSong LLC #1079298. Published by TigerSong LLC (A0.1503844). Carl Sandburg's Thanksgiving poem Fire Dreams, set for SATB choir. The music follows the rhythms of the poem, as it meditates on pilgrims and gratitude, and their place in our modern consciousness. The poem was written to be read aloud on Thanksgiving Day. Piano accompaniment intended for rehearsal only (although it can accompany performance).I remember here by the fire,In the flickering reds and saffrons,They came in a ramshackle tub,Pilgrims in tall hats,Pilgrims of iron jaws,Drifting by weeks on beaten seas,And the random chapters sayThey were glad and sang to God.And soSince the iron-jawed men sat downAnd said, Thanks, O God,For life and soup and a little lessThan a handout to-day,Since gray winds blew gray patterns of sleet on Plymouth Rock,Since the iron-jawed [wo]men sang Thanks, O God,You and I, O Child of the West,Remember more than everNovember and the hunter's moon,November and the yellow-spotted hills.And soIn the name of the iron-jawed menI will stand up and say yes till the finish is come and gone.God of all broken hearts, empty hands, sleeping soldiers,God of all star-flung beaches of night sky,I and my love-child stand up together to-day and sing: Thanks, O God..
