spring Archives - Pamela Holm 1960-2019 https://pamelaholm.ca/tag/spring/ Singer, Songwriter, Music Therapist, Sound & Energy Healer Fri, 22 Mar 2024 13:02:19 +0000 en hourly 1 135377168 Come to the Garden https://pamelaholm.ca/2019/11/come-to-the-garden-2007/ Mon, 11 Nov 2019 02:44:31 +0000 https://pamelaholm.ca/?p=1298 NEW VIDEO (March 2021) A song heralding the awakening of spring. It slips from minor to major.

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]]> I can hear arrangements of this song being sung by choirs. – HH

Video

Performed by Miranda Lever.

Sheet music

Come-to-the-GardenDownload
Come to the Garden, by Pamela Holm - sheetmusic

Lyrics

Published by Orleans Writing Group, 2018

Lyrics for Come to the Garden, by Pamela J Holm.

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]]> 1298 Ostara https://pamelaholm.ca/2019/10/ostara/ Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:34:50 +0000 https://pamelaholm.ca/?p=1114 A lively tribute to the goddess of spring. The first part can be sung as a 2-part round.

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]]> A lively, bouncy song to celebrate springtime, spring equinox, planting time, May Day or Easter. Ostara is the Germanic goddess of spring. Pam said that she wrote this song for some Wiccans who were getting tired of their old chants and wanted something new to sing.

The first part of this chant can be sung as a round or canon, then all sing the chorus together. There’s an audio of that further down. Or sing it straight, as in the video.

Table Of Contents
  1. Lyrics
  2. Video
  3. Audio
  4. As a canon
  5. Sheet music
  6. Pam's garden

Lyrics

Bless the seeds we sow today, Ostara,
Bless the earth that all may grow in peace.
Bless the sun and rain that falls, Ostara.
Bring to life the radiance in our seeds.

Sing Ostara, Bringer of new life.
Dark is lessened, stronger grows the light.
We sing to Ostara, Bringer of good cheer
The time of light is here.

Video

Pamela recorded Ostara with a live singalong audience at the James St. Wellness Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, on March 19, 2011. I’ve made the recording into a video:

Audio

This is the audio to the live video. You can always right click and save the audio to your device.

Here is another recording in a lower key, in which Pamela is teaching the song to a group. Sing along and you’ll learn it with them in no time!

As a canon

The first part of Ostara can be sung as a round. This is what it sounds like (2nd and 3rd times through):

(This is actually the first recording digitally manipulated. That’s why it sounds like Pam is singing with herself.)

Sheet music

Sheet music for Ostara by Pamela Holm Download

Pam’s garden

Pam took great pleasure in her community garden bed. A bountiful harvest!

Pamela Holm and her garden bed
First spring planting

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