MAGPIE

mvt. 13 from “The Lost Words”

by Alex Eddington

 

 

featuring Elektra Women’s Choir with chamber instruments: director – Morna Edmundson
accompaniment options – piano only or with piccolo, clarinet, and percussion

LYRICS

 
Magpie Manifesto:
 
Argue Every Toss!
 
Gossip, Bicker, Yak and Snicker All Day Long!
 
Pick a Fight in an Empty Room!
 
Interrupt, Interject, Intercept, Intervene!
 
Every Magpie for Every Magpie against
  Every Other Walking Flying Swimming
  Creeping Creature on the Earth!*
 
*Except eagles, for they are too scary…
 
 
by Robert Macfarlane
Kingfisher” image by Jackie Morris

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LINKS to any of the 20 MOVEMENTS

1) Acorn

2) Adder
5) Conker
7) Fern
9) Heron
10) Ivy
12) Lark
13) Magpie
14) Newt
15) Otter
16) Raven
18) Weasel
19) Willow
20) Wren