Poem ©1935 L.A.G. Strong (1896-1958)
Music and arrangement ©1995 Gordon Bok
The Quasimodal Chorus
Many of us coastal folks have been entertained by (and have entertained) the local seal populations. They do respond to human voices and some human instruments. Here the Chorus has helped me pass on the feeling that L.A.G. Strong’s poem captured so well.
Leave her alone, she is the island’s daughter
Sleek heads, dark heads are risen from the water
Leave her the company her songs have brought her
The old grey music doctors of the ocean
Their holy happy eyes shining devotion
Blow and applaud in foam and soft commotion
It is her hour; the island’s only daughter
The dark sleek heads are risen from the water
Leave her the company her songs have brought her
The Seals is recorded on the album Other Eyes