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Homeward Now

from Into the Rhythm by Debbie Nargi-Brown

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I recently learned about the origin of this song it was created by Ron Short and this is what he has to say about the song: “I created the song for a collaborative performance with singers, storytellers and dancers from the Zuni Pueblo. It was our Entrance Song and the beginning of the performance. I sang the song in the style of The Old Regular Baptist Church while the Zuni singers and drummer entered singing a traditional Zuni song – our voices blended into one intonement and was quite moving for us as singers.

The words began as the lyrics of a ritual Mountain Song of the Navajo People, as credited in a very early book of ethnomusicology, The Indians’ Book: songs and legends of the American Indians recorded and edited by Natalie Curtis. She said, in her introduction:

“The translations [of the words] are as literal as possible, yet the chief desire has been that the real meaning should truthfully flash through the English words, and that the translation should retain the fragrance, the color, and above all, the spirit of the original. The translation has been fitted to the music ...”

The Dover paperback edition, from 1968 (reprinted from the revised 2nd edition of 1923), is the one owned by Toronto Public Library. The mountain song text, with context and translation, is on pp. 352-356; the musical notation is on pp. 377-381.

Alan Gasser, 26 September 2016

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Homeward now
Shall I journey
Homeward upon the rainbow
Homeward now
Shall I journey
Homeward upon the rainbow
To Life unending and beyond it
Yeah homeward now
Shall I journey
To Joy unchanging and beyond it
Yeah homeward now
Shall I journey

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from Into the Rhythm, released September 25, 2004

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Debbie Nargi-Brown started singing and dancing on the day she was born! A gifted community song leader, an award-winning dance teacher, and a talented songwriter, she offers her songs with love, compassion, and the hope of bringing joy and healing to others. She writes songs for the heart, healing,
transformation, love, grief, and all that connects us as human beings. Keep singing and dancing! ... more

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