The Beauty of Life (2014) by bobcohenmusic

TheBeautyofLife

for SATBChoir&Piano

byRobertS.Cohen

Music

Lyrics

TheBeautyofLife

Flowersinthe field

Fish inthesea

Firefliesdancetothecricketsymphony

Eaglesinflight

Starlightatnight

TheBeautyofLife;

Ourstosee

It’sgoodtobealive

Tobe happyandfree.

Brightverdentleaves

Fallfromthe trees

Sailonthesongsofthe whisp’ringbreeze

Overbabblingbrooks

Andflowingstreams

Searchingfortheirmagicalmysticaldreams

Hummingbirds,loons, Friskybaboons

TheBeautyofLife

Ourstosee

It’sgoodtobealive

Tobe happyandfree.

SoftQueenAnn’slace

Themoon’ssmilingface

Grasshoppers,beetlesandbugs

Spidersandants

Salamandersthatdance

Daddylonglegsandslimyblackslugs

Croak,Chirp,Cuckoo,Meow,Hooo

Tallmeadowgrass

Stormcloudsthatpass

Leavingthescent

Ofasweettranquility

Sunriseatdawn, Springtime’snewspawn

Bringingthepromiseofpossibility

Joyineachface

Asthewhole humanrace

Longstosafeguardourplanetfromharm

Nurturingtrees

Cleansingthe seas

Savingthewhales, Dolphinsandsnails

Forpurecrystalskies, Openyoureyes.

Solife’sbeautyallchildrenmaysee.

It’sgoodtobealive

Whereallcreaturescanthrive

Inaworldthatishappyandfree.

TheBeautyofLife

MusicbyRobertS.Cohen

LyricsbyRonaldW.Cadmus

                         Moderatocantabile                                                          5       Flowersinthefield                   S A T B      Fishinthesea                        Fireflies dance tothe                 

        8       cricketsymphony                  S A T B       Eaglesinflight                     The      StarlightatnightThe                         11       BeautyofLifeOursto       BeautyofLifeOursto                S A T B    seeIt’s     see                      goodtobealive                         14       Tobehappyand       Tobehappyand                   T B S A   free.   free.                                     2

            17      Brightverdantleaves       FlowersCrickets   Ooo     Brightleaves                          Fallfromthetrees       EaglesStarlight      Falltrees                     Sailonthesongsofthe       Sailonthesongsofthe       Sailthesongsofthe     Sailsongs                            20       whisp'ringbreezeOver      whisp'ringbreezeOver      whisp'ringbreezeOver     whisperringbreeze                       babblingflowing   Ooo   Ooo      babblingbrooks                       flowingbabbling         Andflowingstreams              -3

            23       Search ing formagical       Searchingformagical       Searchingformagical       Searchingformagical                     mysticaldreams       mysticaldreams       mycaldreams     mysticaldreams                        Hummingbirds,loons      Hummingbirds,loons     Hummingbirds,     Hummingbirds,                -            26       FriskybaboonsThe       FriskybaboonsThe      loonsbaboonsThe      loonsbaboonsThe                        BeautyofLifeOursto       BeautyofLifeOursto       BeautyofLifeOursto       BeautyofLifeOursto                       seeIt’s      see It’s    see     see                 -4

            29      goodtobealive   good  good                        Tobehappyand       Tobehappyand       Tobehappyand       Tobehappyand                     free.   free.   free.   free.                                       -              33       SoftQueenAnne’slace     The                                  moon’ssmilingface                                Grasshoppers,beetlesand                       5

                        36     bugs                         SpidersandantsSala       SpidersandantsSala                               mandersthatdance       mandersthatdance                                                         39          Daddylonglegsandslimyblack          Daddylonglegsandslimyblack          Daddylonglegsandslimyblack                               slugs                                    --  6

            42       chirpchirpchirpchirp        croakcroak         *        chirpchirpchirpchirp        croakcroak              chirpchirpchirpchirp    2 cuckoo       croakcroak                        45       chirpchirpchirpchirp    2 cuckoo       croakcroak             chirpchirpchirpchirp    2 cuckoo     meow      croakcroak                         chirpchirpchirpchirp   hooo    2 cuckoo     meow      croakcroak                   -      7

                  48       chirpchirpchirpchirp   hooo    2 cuckoo     meow      croakcroak                                                             50      Tallmeadowgrass      Tallmeadowgrass   Ooo                                Stormcloudsthatpass      Stormcloudsthatpass                               LeavingthescentOfa       LeavingthescentOfa       LeavingthescentOfa                       8

            53       sweettranquility      sweettranquility       sweettranquility                         Ah   Ah       Sunriseatdawn,                          Springtime'sspawn     Springtime'sspawn       Springtime’snewspawn                    -            56       Bringingthepromiseof       Bringingthepromiseof       Bringingthepromiseof                              possibility       possibility       possibility                             JoyineachfaceAsthe       JoyineachfaceAsthe       JoyineachfaceAsthe       JoyineachfaceAsthe                 9

            59       wholehumanraceLongsto       wholehumanraceLongsto     humanrace     humanrace                       safeguardourplanetfrom       safeguardourplanetfrom       safeguardourplanetfrom       safeguardourplanetfrom                    harm    harm    harm    harm                                  62     Nurturingtrees   Ooo                           Cleansingtheseas                           Savingthewhales,   Ahh                 10

                        65     For       Dolphinsandsnails                       purecrystalskies   pureskies   pureskies                         Openyoureyes     Openyoureyes     Openyoureyes     Openyoureyes                        -                                    68     Solife’s     Solife’s                           beautyallchildrenmay       beautyallchildrenmay       beautyallchildrenmay       beautyallchildrenmay                        see.Whereall     see.Whereall   see.   see                  --11

            71       creaturescanthriveIna      creaturesthriveIna       creaturesthriveIna       creaturesthriveina                       worldthatishappyand       worldthatishappyand       worldthatishappyand       worldthatishappyand                      free.   free.   free.   free.                                74       thatishappyand                     Solo   free.                        happyand     happyand     happyand     happyand                  rit. rit. Tutti   free.  free.  free.     free.            -                           12