Let Us Sing a Song of Songs
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
Lest we ever forget,
Lest we sometimes regret,
Lest we fail to be kind,
Lest we fail to love our brother,
Lest we not embrace our sister,
Lest we not hug one another,
Let us sing with our hearts.
Celebrate the Fine Arts.
For music brings all joy.
It does not annoy.
Peace and love to our friends.
Let us all make amends.
Let us right all wrongs.
Let us all make amends.
Let us right all wrongs.
Let us right all wrongs.
Let us sing a Song of Songs.
Let us sing, sing, sing.
Oh , let us sing a Song of Songs.
Oh, let us sing, sing, sing.
Let us sing a Song of Songs.
About this poem
This poem was written in February 2018 to honor the recording artistry and musical performance of Montgomery (Monty) Neysmith, my Jamaican cousin, and his Symarip (a variant form of the word pyramid spelled backwards), Ska, and Reggae band of West Indian musicians, which originated in Great Britain in the late 1960s. From its early beginning, Symarip was widely recognized as one of the first Skinhead ( a brand name) reggae bands that targeted enthusiastic skinhead fans as an audience, and produced several hit songs, including “Skinhead Girl” and “Skinhead Moonstomp. ” This poem also gives a shoutout to my Jamaican cousins John, Mico, and Junior, composers and musicians of Ska, Bluebeat, and Reggae who, in 1958, composed, and in 1961 produced the hit single, “Oh Carolina,” regarded by Jamaica, and by the entire world as a landmark in the history of ska and reggae. more »
Written on February 23, 2018
Submitted by karlcfolkes on October 07, 2021
Modified by karlcfolkes on May 02, 2022
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aaxbbbc cddeEFE FFFgfgF |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 567 |
Words | 138 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
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