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You get pdfs of the arrangement and an mp3 of a performance of the arrangement. Robert Gass composed "Ancient Mother" with a chant made up of the names of goddesses from cultures around the world. This is Peter Amidon's transcription/arrangement of "Ancient Mother" with the goddess names replaced with words describing what makes up the earth: geological features, plants and animals (see below). Peter first directed a virtual performance of it, with Rachel Clemente on harp, for a Pandemic streamed Guilford (VT) Community Church UCC virtual service in April 2021. Four years later Peter invited Rachel Clemente and pulled together enough women singers to lead "Ancient Mother" in a live performance as an anthem for the Guilford Community Church's May 25, 2025 Sunday morning service. Here are Peter Amidon's new chant lyrics:
Mountains, seas, grass, forest trees, wind, clouds, currents
Deep, ocean waves, ice, snow, glaciers, birds on the
Wing, beasts on foot, whales, fish, fluke and fin, tiny
Creatures creep and crawl, fly and dig, big sky over
Ancient Mother
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You get pdfs of the arrangement and an mp3 of a performance of the arrangement. Robert Gass composed "Ancient Mother" with a chant made up of the names of goddesses from cultures around the world. This is Peter Amidon's transcription/arrangement of "Ancient Mother" with the goddess names replaced with words describing what makes up the earth: geological features, plants and animals (see below). Peter first directed a virtual performance of it, with Rachel Clemente on harp, for a Pandemic streamed Guilford (VT) Community Church UCC virtual service in April 2021. Four years later Peter invited Rachel Clemente and pulled together enough women singers to lead "Ancient Mother" in a live performance as an anthem for the Guilford Community Church's May 25, 2025 Sunday morning service. Here are Peter Amidon's new chant lyrics:
Mountains, seas, grass, forest trees, wind, clouds, currents
Deep, ocean waves, ice, snow, glaciers, birds on the
Wing, beasts on foot, whales, fish, fluke and fin, tiny
Creatures creep and crawl, fly and dig, big sky over