Santa-Su Kids Chorus 9/11 Ten Year Anniversary (Welsh hymn: 'The Ash Grove'...

The Santa-Su Kids Chorus mark the solemn 10 year anniversary of 9/11 with a performance of the Welsh hymn, 'The Ash Grove' as a way to honor those we lost (including the first responders) at the World Trade Center towers; at Shanksville, Pa., where one of the commandeered planes crashed; and at the Pentagon, which was also hit by a hijacked jetliner. And thank those in the military, law enforcement, intelligence and homeland security for their contributions since.

It is our hope that this performance of, 'The Ash Grove' (Welsh: Llwyn Onn) may help summon the spirit of the often cited remembrance, 'We Will Never Forget':

'The Ash Grove' (Welsh: Llwyn Onn)

The ash grove how graceful, how plainly 'tis speaking
The harp through its playing has language for me.
Whenever the light through its branches is breaking,
A host of kind faces is gazing on me.
The friends from my childhood again are before me
Each step wakes a memory as freely I roam.
With soft whispers laden the leaves rustle o'er me
The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home.
Down yonder green meadow where streamlets meander
When twilight is fading I pensively roam
Or in the bright noon tide in solitude wander
Amid the dark spaces of that lonely ash grove.
'Twas there while the black bird was cheerfully singing
I first met my dear one the joy of my heart
Around us for gladness the blue bells were springing
The ash grove, the ash grove that sheltered my home.
My lips smile no more, my heart loses its lightness;
No dream of the future my spirit can cheer.
I only can brood on the past and its brightness
The dear ones I long for again gather here.
From ev'ry dark nook they press forward to meet me;
I lift up my eyes to the broad leafy dome,
And others are there, looking downward to greet me
The ash grove, the ash grove, again is my home.

'The Ash Grove'
arranged by John Riggio (ASCAP)
2003 Plank Road Publishing, Inc.
All Rights Reserved Used by Permission

Intro-outro underscore, 'Grace Variation D'
Purchased from Sony Creative Software
Royalty-free Music
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