"Wonder" from Dances to Life | Glory! Music of Rejoicing (2012)

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MUSIC: Mack Wilberg
TEXT: David Warner

Mack Wilberg’s Dances to Life, commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association and published in 2007, is a set of three original choral pieces to texts by David Warner that extol the joys and challenges of life itself. The first in the set, “Wonder,” reveals through its playful dance rhythms and jaunty melo- dies the wonder of birth, childhood, and adulthood, presented as a progression of delightful and unexpected adventures.

Lyrics:
From wat’ry, dark, round, cradle out,
Pulled up, you dangle, look about,
One slap—you dance and sing and shout
And wonder . . .

One breath, four limbs spring out in space,
Swing up and down and pound in place—
How far this monumental race?
You wonder . . .

One blink, bright planets racing by
Collide mere inches from your eye—
What more than sunbeams fill this sky?
You wonder . . .

One foot steps out, all fours are down,
Then up and tearing all around—
Has any king more power found?
You wonder . . .

One hand flings out to meet a stair,
Before you hit, you’re in the air—
Who is this giant always there?
You wonder . . .

One hurt, and two, and growing fast,
The bruises fade into the past—
Will anything about you last?
You wonder . . .

One heart that beats life’s steady drum
Takes hurts, and hands and feet in sum,
And makes of them what you become
So wonder . . .

That life’s old dance will never end,
You’re young, you’re old, you’re young again—
So turn and leap and spin and bend
And wonder!
Yes, wonder!
Yes, wonder!

Glory! Music of Rejoicing Album, 2012.


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