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Shelter:

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Music by Eric Bogle
Arranged by Walter Bennett and Krispin Maesalu
 
Eric Bogle's song 'Shelter' is a poignant song, written from a migrant's perspective, about how Australia became his home.

A new SATB arrangement has been written by Krispin Maesalu and Walter Bennett especially for the Proms (more). 

The page containing the sheet music is hidden from Internet search engines, in order to protect Eric's copyright. If you register as an ELM singer to sing Shelter (free membership), the URL of the hidden page containing the sheet music and other singing resources, will be revealed to you. Your responsibilities regarding protection of copyright is contained on the hidden resource page.

Whet your appetite by listening to a computer simulation of the song, whilst reading the lyrics below.
Lyrics
I’m drowning in the sunshine as it pours down from the skies
There’s something stirring in my heart, bright colours fill my eyes
As from here to the far horizon, your beauty does unfold
And oh you look so lovely, dressed in green and gold.

And I can almost touch the ocean shimmering in the distant haze
As I stand here on this mountain on this loveliest day of days
Round half the world I’ve drifted, left no wild oats unsown
But now my view has shifted and I think I’ve just come home.

To the homeless and the hungry may you always open doors
May the restless and the weary find safe harbour on your shores
May you always be our Dreamtime place, our spirit’s glad release
May you always be our shelter, may we always live in peace.

And now I’m drowning in the sunshine as it pours down from the skies
There’s something stirring in my heart, bright colours fill my eyes
As from here to the far horizon, your beauty does unfold
And oh you look so lovely, dressed in green and gold
May you always be our shelter, may we always live in peace...
in peace... in peace.
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