Some of my music - writesong

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"MY TRIP TO ISRAEL"

BY: JOHN ROBERT MALLERNEE

 

Gather 'round, my comrades
And I'll tell of the day
I boarded a plane
And flew far away.

In Viet Nam, I'd spent
Six months and a year
Living like a dog
And surrounded by fear.

So, I bid "Farewell!",
With leave orders in my hand,
As Trans World Airlines
Flew me to the Promised Land.

The Land of Israel,
The Land of the Book!
I could hardly wait
To have my first look!

After many long hours
Above the clouds we'd trod,
Trans World Airlines
Finally landed at Lod.

In Tel Aviv,
I roomed at the "Park"
And ventured forth,
Happy as a lark.

Bethlehem, Masada,
Jerusalem of Gold;
I visted them each,
And other places of old.

I met a young lady
On my guided bus tour.
Entranced by her femeniness,
I thought, "Vive L' Amour!"

From Montreal, Canada,
Is where she came.
But, I was too shy
To ask her name.

All through the trip,
I watched her and stared.
She would never know
How much for her I cared.

We would never meet,
As decreed by the Fates,
For the girl went to Greece,
As I flew to the States.

I bought Yemenite jewelry for Mom,
An antique sword for myself.
Pictures of Israel
Are in albums on the shelf.

Though I'm back in Viet Nam
With my head in a whirl,
I remember Israel,
And I remember that girl.

 

 

 

The Mysterious Girl:

 

 

Edited November 29, 2014 by writesong

[Guest]

Cute poem!  Is it an autobiography?

 

To imbed video just type the video tags... bracket video close-bracket then the video url then bracket /video close-bracket.

Know what I mean?

[Vort]

Just pasting the YouTube URL seems to be sufficient for this forum.

[Guest]

Just pasting the YouTube URL seems to be sufficient for this forum.

 

It pastes as an html link without the embedded feature.

[Vort]

It pastes as an html link without the embedded feature.

 

It pasted as embedded on my Weird Al videos on the Christmas song thread.

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@ ANATESS:

 

I followed your instructions, but - - - ?

 

What did I do wrong?

 

Why isn't it working?

 

Yes, the poem is a true story.

 

While I was a soldier in Viet Nam, I went to Israel on leave, and toured with a Jewish group.

 

Upon returning to Viet Nam, I wrote the poem.

 

I'm not much of a poet.

 

I mostly write songs, both lyrics and melody.

 

Thank you.

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FINALLY ! ! !

 

Thank YOU, Anatess!

Edited November 26, 2014 by writesong

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"COME, ONE AND ALL"

 

Words and Music By:
JOHN ROBERT "SAIGON" MALLERNEE

VERSE # 1:
Come, one and all,
And join in the song.
Heed ye the call
And be guided along.
Serve your God.
Hold to the iron rod.
The case for sin
Is groundless.
Praise the Lord
For His holy word,
His charity
Is boundless.

VERSE # 2:
No need to mope
With dispirited sigh.
Rejoice in hope
For glory on high.
Lift your face
And receive His grace.
He'll make your
Burdens lighter.
Constantly pray
As you follow the way.
Work towards a world
That's brighter.

VERSE # 3:
Have high desire.
Kneel and confide.
The spirit's fire
Casts weakness aside.
Strive to live
With love to give.
Hold forth
A helping hand.
Join in the fight
In defending the right.
With our Almighty God,
We'll stand.

CONCLUDE:
Join in the fight
In defending the right.
With our Almighty God,
We'll stand.

Edited November 29, 2014 by writesong

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"JESSE'S HYMN"

Words and Music by:
JOHN ROBERT "SAIGON" MALLERNEE

Monday 29 September 1997
Saint Anthony, Idaho

VERSE # 1:
From Heaven above,
We come to this life.
Of royal descent,
We're babes in the wood.
We're taught and we're tried
By rigors and strife,
And if the chance comes,
We do the World good.
My heart is breaking.
I know I will cry.
My friend is leaving.
I must say goodbye.
Our father has called him
And he can not stay.
But, I will remember
Each time that I pray.

VERSE # 2:
For just a brief while,
We will live on this soil
Earning our bread
With a dirt calloused hand.
The struggles of life
Are a mountain of toil.
Though weakened by flesh,
We still heed God's command.
From the moment we're born
And we draw our first breath,
It's a part of our fate
That we wrestle with death.
It's an essential part
Of the eternal plan.
It's part of the covenant
With God and all man.

VERSE # 3:
The Lord that we serve
Once walked upon this sod.
Tormented and tempted,
He showed us the way.
He overcomes death
And He brings us to God,
Where we will rejoice
As a family someday.
Though my friend is leaving,
I smile through my tears.
We're destined to meet
In the oncoming years.
What joy there will be
In that Heavenly place
When two long lost friends
Greet in happy embrace!

Edited November 29, 2014 by writesong

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"RIDE THE LAUGHING WIND"

 

Words and Music by:
JOHN ROBERT "SAIGON" MALLERNEE
Jensen, Utah
Thursday 28 February 2002

VERSE # 1:
I hear the haunting song of lonely coyotes.
I see an eagle circling in the sky.
There's a dust cloud moving on a distant mesa,
For the spirits of the Old Ones never die.

CHORUS:
Kachina spirits, ride the laughing wind!
Please lead me to eternal teachings true.
As I ever wander through this Indian nation,
I'm relying for my guidance upon you.
I'm relying for my guidance upon you.

VERSE # 2:
In the rugged hills of western Colorado,
Where Utah and Wyoming touch the sky,
The Old Ones left, but we can read their story
In ancient petroglyphs for modern eye.

VERSE # 3:
The Son of God once dwelt among these people.
He taught them truth, but they soon fell away.
Yet, the spirits of the Old Ones are still with us
And Kachina laughter echoes every way.

BRIDGE:
Kachina, I have felt your presence.
Kachina, I heard your spirit voice!
Kachina, we'll ride the breeze together.
Kachina, I know why you rejoice!

VERSE # 4:
In the distant cowboy's high and lonesome country,
Where the Western sun shines on a rancher's land,
Eternal ways of truth are shown among us,
Brought forward by a laughing spirit band.

FINALE:
Kachina! Kachina!
Ride the laughing wind!

Inspired by the novel, "RIDE THE LAUGHING WIND",
by Blaine and Brenton Yorgason, and suggested by
Stan Wheeler.

Edited November 29, 2014 by writesong

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"EL SHADDAI"

 

Composed By:
MICHAEL CARD and JOHN W. THOMPSON

 

CHORUS:
El Shaddai, El Shaddai,
El, El yonna adonai,
Age to age, thou art the same
By the power of thy name.
El Shaddai, El Shaddai,
Er kahmka na adonai,
We will praise and lift thee high,
El Shaddai.

 

VERSE # 1:
Through thy love and through the ram,
Thou saved the son of Abraham.
By the power of thy hand,
Thou changed the sea into dry land.
To the outcast on her knees,
Thou wast the God who really sees,
And by thy might,
Thou hast set thy children free.

 

VERSE # 2:
Through the years, thou made it clear
That the time of Christ was near.
Though the people could not see
What "Messiah" ought to be.
Though thy Word contained the plan,
They just could not understand
Thy most awesome work was done
Through the mission of thy Son.

Edited November 29, 2014 by writesong

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"HATIKVAH (THE HOPE) "

 

VERSE # 1:
So long as deep in Judah's heart
An ancient emotion still arose
And Judah, haunted by the East,
Gazed upon Zion, unredeemed:

 

CHORUS:
Not all lost then, was our hope,
Our proud hope, so old, yet new.
Free men to dwell
In the land of our fathers,
The tower of David,
The vales of our home.

 

VERSE # 2:
So long as pilgrims at fathers' graves,
Joyful, entreating, rained their tears,
And poured out their woe
On temple stones
While Jordan flowed from Gallilee:

 

VERSE # 3:
So long as freely flowed our blood,
Nations would Judah bleed and spoil,
And dew drops fell on the fathers' rest
And God, Him repented of His wrath:

 

VERSE # 4:
Oh, hear my brothers, still in exile,
The clear ringing voices of your brothers.
Whenever the last Jew shall expire,
Then, only, shall perish our undying hope.

Edited November 29, 2014 by writesong

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Theme song from the Hollywood motion picture production, "EXODUS"

 

Music by Ernest Gold, Lyrics by Pat Boone

 

"EXODUS"

This land is mine.
God gave this land to me,
This brave and ancient
Land to me!
And when
The morning sun
Reveals her
Hills and plains,
Then, I see a land
Where children
Can run free!
So, take my hand
And walk this land
With me,
And walk this
Promised Land
With me.
Though I am
Just a man,
When you are
By my side,
With the help
Of God, I know
I can be strong!
So strong,
To make this land
A home.
If I must fight,
I'll fight to
Make this land
Our own.
Until I die,
This land is mine!

Edited November 29, 2014 by writesong

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"FINLANDIA"

 

Composed By: JEAN SEBELIUS

 

VERSE # 01:
On great lone hills,
Where tempests brood and gather,
Primeval earth
Against primeval sky,
We faring forth,
Possessed by fervent longing,
Have found a throne,
Eternal and high;
Have knelt at last
In silent adoration
As fire and whirlwind
Have all gone by.

 

VERSE # 02:
With ardent song,
We greet the golden morning,
By faith upborne,
Remember not the night.
The whole world 'round,
Triumphant,
Hails the glory.
God walks abroad
In garments of might.
The hills, behold,
Are now a path of splendor,
Transfigured all,
And all crowned with light!

Edited November 29, 2014 by writesong

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"TED E. BAIR"

 

Words and Music by:
JOHN ROBERT MALLERNEE

 

VERSE # 1:
He will face any dare
Any time, anywhere.
If there's danger,
He don't care,
Ted E. Bair!
He's a vet of Uncle Sam,
Did his tour in Viet Nam.
Now, he's always
Where I am,
Ted E. Bair.

 

VERSE # 2:
I'm a man who stays alone
And my mind's a combat zone.
But, I'm not left on my own.
Ted E. Bair!
When the night is long and hard,
Ted E. Bair is standing guard.
He's my buddy
And my pard,
Ted E. Bair!

 

BRIDGE:
He is always by my side
With both eyes open wide.
He don't grumble, he don't moan.
He just keeps on keeping on.
In any ill or any plight,
Ted E. Bair can make it right!

 

VERSE # 3:
He is silent when I'm mad
And says nothing when I'm bad.
He's the best friend, I have had,
Ted E. Bair!
When I'm sleeping in my car
Or I'm singing in some bar,
I know he's not going far,
Ted E. Bair!

 

CODA:
Ted E. Bair! My teddy bear!
Always there, you teddy bear,
So I know that you care,
My teddy bear,
Oh, Ted E. Bair!
Ted E. Bair!

Edited November 29, 2014 by writesong

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Theme music in the 1983 Hollywood movie, "THE DAY AFTER"

Edited November 29, 2014 by writesong

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"LIFE'S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN"

 

Arranged by W.S. Stevenson
(As recorded by Patsy Cline in 1959)

 

Life is like a mountain railroad
With an engineer that's brave.
We must make the run successful
From the cradle to the grave.

Watch the curves, the hills, and tunnels.
Never falter, never fail.
Keep your hand upon the throttle,
And your eyes upon the rail.

Blessed Savior, Thou will guide us
Till we reach that blissful shore
Where the angels wait to join us
In that great forevermore.

Blessed Savior, Thou will guide us
Till we reach that blissful shore
Where the angels wait to join us
In that great forevermore.

Edited November 29, 2014 by writesong

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"TROUBLESOME WATERS"

 

Written By: Maybelle Carter, E.J. Carter, and Dixie Deen
Recorded By: Iris DeMent

 

VERSE # 1:
Troublesome waters,
Much blacker than night,
Are hiding from view
The harbor's bright light.
Tossed in the turmoil
Of life's troubled sea,
I cried to my Saviour,
"Have mercy on me!"

 

CHORUS:
Then gently I'm feeling
The touch of His hand
Guiding my boat
Safely to land;
Leading the way
To Heaven's bright shore,
Where troublesome waters,
I'm fearing no more.

 

VERSE # 2:
Troublesome waters
Around me do roll.
They're rocking my boat
And wrecking my soul.
Loved ones are drifting
And sinking in sin.
The treacherous whirlpools
Are pulling them in.

 

VERSE # 3:
When troublesome waters
Are rolling so high,
I lift up my voice
Unto Heaven and cry,
"Lord, I am trusting,
Give guidance to me,
And steady my boat
On life's troubled sea."

Edited November 29, 2014 by writesong

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I love this song.

 

You're very good.