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Love is Welcome Here

for SATB voices with spoken word soloist, a cappella includes lead sheet for solo performance

Lyrics by Catherine Dalton and Spoken Word by Joe Davis

Dalton, Catherine Love is Welcome Here / SATB, with lead sheet for solo performance HSP-127-01

Hickory Street Publishing · catherine@catherinedalton.net · www.catherinedalton.net This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

“We rse higher when we al rse here”

Love is Welcome Here

Here is where we give you the permission you Only love is welcome here. haven’t yet given yourself

Only love is welcome here.

Only love, love, oh love, sweet love, To show up and be your most authentic self only love is welcome here.

You can cry here

Only kindness is welcome here. You can take your time here Only kindness is welcome here.

To be you is not a crime here! Only kindness, yes, loving kindness, We are all divine here only kindness is welcome here.

We shine brighter when we all shine here

We rise higher when we all rise here

We practice being kind here and bring your sorrow.

So bring your pain

We celebrate the fact that we are still alive here Bring your hope and bring your fear, and we will wrap our loving arms around you

Love, only love is welcome here because love is welcome here.

You can make mistakes here

[Joe’s poem] No guilt blame or shame here

There’s only grace here

So bring your pain

We’ve been waiting for you

We know you by name here and bring your sorrow.

Bring your hope and bring your fear, So glad you came here and we will wrap our loving arms around you We hope that you stay here because love is welcome here.

All that you are can be reclaimed and embraced here

Love, sweet love, only love is welcome here. Only love is welcome here Only love.

Catherine Dalton Joe Davis

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Composer Notes

The verse and chorus of Love is Welcome Here came to me each night for weeks during the summer of 2020. It was my body’s way of calming me and helping me sleep. It was also a reminder that art can work in mysterious ways, if I’m listening. When Margaret Sabin asked me to select the text for a commission by the Osseo Chamber Singers while we were in the midst of a world-wide pandemic and social reckoning, I offered these words and melody that had been gifted to me from the Universe. I am beyond thrilled that Joe Davis said he would collaborate on this project by writing a spoken word poem for the bridge!

Poet Notes

I wrote this poem as a reflection on what it means to commit to creating spaces of vulnerability and compassion, where we can bring our full selves without fear of judgment or shame. I want to experience more spaces like this in the world, which is why I’m intentional about exploring what that can sound like and feel like through my poetry and music.

I feel the more we’re able to practice feeling and creating the world we long to live in together, the closer we get to that world existing within and around us.

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Love is Welcome Here

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& & ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Soprano Alto Tenor/Bass Piano (for rehearsal only. See leadsheet for instrumental accompaniment.) œ œ œ On ly œ œ œ On ly œ œ œ On ly œ œ œ œ œ œ Joyful (q = 82-86) F F Joyful (q = 82-86) F ˙ œ œ œ œ love is wel come ˙ œ œ œ œ love is wel come ˙ œ œ œ œ love is wel come ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ Œ œ œ œ here. On ly ˙ Œ œ œ œ here. On ly ˙ Œ œ œ œ here. On ly ˙ Œ œ œ œ ˙ Œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ love is wel come ˙ œ œ œ œ love is wel come ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ love is wel come ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ - - -----& & ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 S A T/B 4 ˙ Œ œ œ œ here. On ly ˙ Œ œ œ œ here. On ly ˙ ˙ Ó here. ˙ ˙ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ Ó . . œ œ j œ œ n . . œ œ ‰ love, love, . œ j œ œ œ œ love, love, oh . . œ œ J œ œ . . œ œ ‰ Love, love, . . . œ œ œ j œ œ n . . œ œ ‰ J œ œ œ œ . . œ œ J œ œ . . œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ˙ j œ ‰ œ œ œ love, sweet love, on ly œ œ J œ œ œ ˙ j œ ‰ œ œ œ love, sweet love, on ly œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œj ‰ Œ love, sweet love, œ œ œ love, sweet love, sweet love, œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ j œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ j œ ‰ Œ œ œ œ P P P--

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& & ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 S A T/B 7 ˙ œ œ œ œ love is wel come œ ˙ œ œ œ œ love is wel come j œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ love, on ly love is wel come J J œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ J œ œ J œ œ œ œœ œ ˙ Œ œ œ œ here. On ly ˙ Œ œ œ œ here. On ly ˙ ˙ Ó here. ˙ Œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ Ó p p unis. j œ . œ œ œ œ œ kind ness is wel come j œ . œ œ œ œ œ kind ness is wel come Œ œ œ œ œ œ On ly kind ness is j œ œ . . œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ A p unis. ------& & ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # S A T/B 10 ˙ Œ œ œ œ here. On ly ˙ Œ œ œ œ here. On ly J œ œ J œ œ Œ wel come here. ˙ Œ œ œ œ J œ œ J œ œ Œ P P . œ j œ œ œ œ œ kind ness is wel come . œ j œ œ œ œ œ kind ness is wel come ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ On ly kind ness is . . œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ P ˙ Œ œ œ œ here. On ly ˙ Œ œ œ œ here. On ly J œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ Œ wel come here. ˙ ˙ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ Œ F F - -- - -- -2 Love is Welcome Here This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

& & ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 S A T/B 13 J œ œ œ œ j œ œ n œ œ Œ kind ness, yes, j œ œ j œ œ œ œ kind ness, yes, oh J œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ Œ Kind ness, yes, j œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ n œ œ Œ J œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ Œ F œ œ œ œ j œ . œ j œ ‰ œ œ œ lov ing kind ness, on ly œ œ J J œ œ œ j œ . œ j œ ‰ œ œ œ lov ing kind ness, on ly œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ . œ œj ‰ Œ lov ing kind ness, œ œ œ lov ing kind ness, œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ . . œ œ j œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ . œ j œ ‰ Œ œ œ œ P P P-- ----& & ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 S A T/B 15 œ œ œ œ œ œ kind ness is wel come œ œ œ œ œ œ œ kind ness is wel come ‰ œ j œ œ œ œ on ly kind ness is J œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ ‰ œ J œ œ œ œ œ Œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ here. So bring your œ Œ ‰ j œ œ œ here. So bring your j œ œ œ J œ œ J œ œ ‰ Œ wel come here. J œ Œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ J œ œ œ J œ œ J œ œ ‰ Œ sub. f sub. f f ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ pain and bring your ˙ œ œ œ œ pain and bring your ‰ œ œ J œ œ œ œ œ œ Bring your pain and ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ ‰ œ œ J œ œ œ œ œ œ B ---3 Love is Welcome Here This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

& & ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # S A T/B 18 j œœ . œ Œ œ œ œ sor row. Bring your œ œ j œ . œ Œ œ œ sor row. Bring your Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œbring your sor row, oh, j œœ œ . . œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ hope and bring your ˙ œ œ œ œ hope and bring your J œ œ œ œ J œ œ . . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bring your hope and bring your ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ J œ œ . . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ # ‰ j œ œ œ œ fear, and we will J ˙ ‰ j œ œ œ œ fear, and we will ˙ ˙ Ó fear. ˙ ˙ ˙ # ‰ j œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ Ó F F-& & ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # S A T/B 21 J œ œ ‰ ‰ J œ œ . . œ œ n j œ œ wrap our lov ing j œ ‰ ‰ j œ . œ j œ wrap our lov ing ‰ j œ j œ ‰ ‰ j œ œ œ We’ll wrap our lov ing J J J j œ œ œ ‰ ‰ j œ œ œ . . . œ œ œ n j œ œ œ ‰ J œ J œ ‰ ‰ J œ œ œ F œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ arms a round you be cause œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ arms a round you be cause œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . . œ œ arms a round you be cause œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . . œ œ P P P ˙ œ œ œ œ love is wel come ˙ œ œ œ œ love is wel come ‰ œ œj œ œ œ œ on ly love is wel come ˙ œ œ œ œ love is wel come ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œj œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ unis. . ˙ Œ here. . ˙ Œ here. . ˙ Œ here. . ˙ here. . . ˙ ˙ Œ . . ˙ ˙ Œ------4 Love is Welcome Here This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

Love is Welcome Here

Spoken word begins on 2nd repeat: "Here is where we give you the permission you haven’t yet given yourself / To show up and be your most authentic self / You can cry here / You can take your time here / To be you is not a crime here! / We are all divine here / We shine brighter when we all shine here / We rise higher when we all rise here / We practice being kind here / We celebrate the fact that we are still alive here / Love, only love is welcome here"

"You can make mistakes here / No guilt blame or shame here / There’s only grace here / We know you by name here / We’ve been waiting for you / So glad you came here / We hope that you stay here / All that you are can be reclaimed and embraced here / Only Love is welcome here"

& & ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S A T/B . ˙ œOo . ˙ œOo . ˙ œOo w . . ˙ ˙ œ œ . ˙ œ w C p p p w w w w w w w w . œ j œœ œOo . œ j œœ œOo . œ œjœ œOo . ˙ œ . . œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œj œ œ . ˙ œ [Sing 3 times] ww w w w w w w . ˙ œ Oo w w Oo w w Oo . ˙ œ w w w w . . œ œ j œœ ˙˙ w w w . . œ œ j œœ ˙˙ w w w œ œ ˙ ˙ œ Oo w Oo œ ˙ œ Oo . ˙ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ w œ ˙ œ . ˙ œ ww w w w w w w & & ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # S A T/B 33 . ˙ œOo . ˙ œOo . ˙ œOo w . . ˙ ˙ œ œ . ˙ œ w unis. w w w w w w w w . œ j œœ œOo . œ j œœ œOo . œ œjœ œOo . ˙ œ . . œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œj œ œ . ˙ œ ww w w w w w w . ˙ œ Oo w w Oo w w Oo . ˙ œ w w w w . . œ œ j œœ ˙˙ w w w . . œ œ j œœ ˙˙ w w w œ œ ˙ ˙ œ Oh w Oh œ ˙ œ Oh . ˙ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ w œ ˙ œ . ˙ œ [spoken word ends] F F F ˙ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ So bring your ˙ ‰ j œ œ œ So bring your ˙ Ó ˙ ‰ J œ œ œ So bring your ˙ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ‰ J œ œ œ sub. f sub. f sub. f 5

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& & ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # S A T/B ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ pain and bring your ˙ œ œ œ œ pain and bring your ‰ œ j œ œ œ Bring your pain and w pain, ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ ‰ œ j œ œ œ w D f j œœ . œ Œ œ œ œ sor row. Bring your œ œ j œ . œ Œ œ œ sor row. Bring your Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œbring your sor row, oh, j œ œ . . œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ hope and bring your ˙ œ œ œ œ hope and bring your J œ œ œ œ J œ œ . . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bring your hope and bring your ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ J œ œ . . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ-& & ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # S A T/B 44 ˙ ˙ # ‰ j œ œ œ œ fear, and we will J ˙ ‰ j œ œ œ œ fear, and we will ˙ ˙ Ó fear. ˙ ˙ ˙ # ‰ j œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ Ó F F F J œ œ ‰ ‰ J œ œ . . œ œ n j œ œ wrap our lov ing j œ ‰ ‰ j œ . œ j œ wrap our lov ing ‰ j œ j œ ‰ ‰ j œ œ œ We’ll wrap our lov ing J J J j œ œ œ ‰ ‰ j œ œ œ . . . œ œ œ n j œ œ œ ‰ J œ J œ ‰ ‰ J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ arms a round you be cause œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ arms a round you be cause œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . . œ œ arms a round you be cause œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . . œ œ P P P---6 Love is Welcome Here This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

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"Here is where we give you the permission you haven’t yet given yourself / To show up and be your most authentic self "

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& & ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # S A T/B 47 ˙ œ œ œ œ love is wel come ˙ œ œ œ œ love is wel come ‰ œ œj œ œ œ œ on ly love is wel come ˙ œ œ œ œ love is wel come ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œj œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ unis. w here. w here. w here. w here. w w w w E ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ˙ j œ . . œ œ Love, sweet w Love, Œ œ œ ˙ On ly love, ∑ ˙ j œ . . œ œ w Œ œ œ ˙ p p p Slower--U U " U " U " U " " & & ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 S A T/B 51 . ˙ Œ love, . . ˙ Œ . ˙ Œ ∑ . ˙ Œ . ˙ . ˙ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ on ly love is wel come œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ on ly love is wel come œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ On ly love is wel come œ œœ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ rit. rit. rit. rit. p œ Œ œ œ ˙ here. On ly œ ˙ œ Œ œ ˙ here.

ly œ œ Œ œ œ ˙ ˙ here. On ly œ œ Œ œ œ ˙˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ ˙ ˙ w w love. w love. w w love. w w w w w----U U U U U 7

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"Here is where we give you the permission you haven’t yet given yourself / To show up and be your most authentic self / You can cry here / You can take your time here / To be you is not a crime here! / We are all divine here / We shine brighter when we all shine here / We rise higher when we all rise here / We practice being kind here /We celebrate the fact that we are still alive here / Love, only love is welcome here"

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& # # . . . ˙ œ Oo D E m/D C w D . œ j œ œ œ Oo D G /D E 7sus wA & # # . . 29 . ˙ œ Oo A sus . œ J œ ˙ A A 2 œ ˙ œ Oo D E m7/D A 7sus w D & # # 33 . ˙ œ Oo E m/D D w D . œ j œ œ œ Oo D E m7(add11) G /D wA & # # 37 . ˙ œ Oo A sus . œ J œ ˙ A A 2 œ ˙ œ Oo D E m7/D E m7(add11) ˙ ‰ j œ œ œ œ So bring your D [spoken word ends] & # # ˙ œ œ œ œ pain and bring your A D J œ . œ Œ œ œ œ sor row. Bring your E 7sus/A A ˙ œ œ œ œ hope and bring your D& # # 44 ˙ ‰ j œ œ œ œ fear, and we will E E sus . œ J œ . œ n J œ wrap our lov ing A m7(add11) D œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ arms a round you be cause G maj7 G /A - -& # # 47 ˙ œ œ œ œ love is wel come D /A G 6/A w here. D E ∑ ˙ j œ . œ Love, sweet D . ˙ Œ love, GU " & # # 4 5 4 4 52 œ œ œ œ œ œ on ly love is wel come D D /A G /A E m7 rit. . œ ‰ œ œ ˙ here. On ly D G /A E m7(add11) w love. D - -U Love is Welcome Here - Dalton 9 Spoken

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Catherine Dalton’s compositions are inspired by classical, jazz, folk, world music and chant. Her organically-conceived pieces use everyday life as their palette, exploring the familiar to the profound. Whether setting her own lyrics or the texts of others, she often selects unconventional and challenging topics such as uncommon courage, facing adversity, cultural diversity and mystical experiences as well as the simplest observations, sorrows and joys.

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Joe’s multimedia production company, The New Renaissance Soul funk bank, The Poetic Diaspora and JUSTmove, racial justice education through art

You can find more of Joe’s work on his website, JoeDavisPoetry.com, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube via JoeDavisPoetry.

Joe Davis is a nationally-touring artist, educator, and speaker based in Minneapolis, MN. He employs poetry, music, theater, and dance to shape culture. His work has been featured on BET, CNN, and VH1.

He is the Founder and Director of multimedia production company, The New Renaissance, the frontman of emerging soul funk band, The Poetic Diaspora, and co-creator of JUSTmove, racial justice education through art.

Hickory Street Publishing: The Music of Catherine Dalton catherine@catherinedalton.net www.catherinedalton.net

He has keynoted, facilitated conversation, and served as teaching artist at hundreds of high schools and universities including programs in New York, Boston, and most recently as the Artist-in-Residence at Luther Seminary where he earned a Masters in Theology of the Arts. Visit JoeDavisPoetry.com to connect, book, or learn more.

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