A song to Ganesha, also known as Ganesh or Ganapati, the Hindu god with the elephant head, the remover of obstacles.

The recording is of Pamela teaching her setting of this mantra to a group, date unknown.

Audio

Sheet music

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In the recording below, Pamela had run out of time at the end of a workshop and didn’t have time to teach it as a round, so sang it straight through. It must have been during the daytime, as she substituted “closing time” for “evening time”.

Technical note: If you’re singing it as a round, I would suggest singing the second measure of the first line as written, with a D on the word “is”, rather than how she sings it in the recording, dropping to the B. Otherwise, you’ll be missing the fifth in the chord of G major.

(Side note: The photo shows Pam’s delight as a roomful of family and friends had just finished stumbling through Silent Night in German, just for fun, Christmas 2015.)

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