Collab/duet: Phoenix in Autumn and Spring Phoenix

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As a blog post: I was thrilled to be able to perform this at an OVFF juried one-shot a few minutes ago. I was also totally stunned to receive a Pretty Princess tiara from Cecilia, which I'm going to find problematic as I never intend to TAKE IT OFF!!! For anyone who might want to hear Cecilia's lovely version of this NOT in a duet, it's available here: https://soundcloud.com/cecilia-eng-320153920


For Sally and Barry, helpful judges extraordinaire -

These are the lyrics. We didn't know another way to get them to you :-) Cecilia's first, then mine, as autumn transitioning to spring (which was why we did the unusual hum-plus-autumn into blend into hum-plus spring).

Phoenix In Autumn

© 2/13/2023 Cecilia A. Eng

[Am]Flames in [G]glory

A[Am]cross the heavens [Em]high

[G]Trees in [Em]autumn

Re[Am]flect its [G]blazing [Am]sky

[Am]Leaves are [G]fading

[Am]Falling to the [Em]earth

[G]Embers [Em]dimming

[Am]Glowing [G]’round its [Am]girth

A [Am]shooting star, a [G]meteor

The [Am]sacred phoenix [Em]falls

The [G]ancient forest [Em]shudders

To [Am]hear its [G]final [Am]calls

[Am]Flee the [G]forest

It [Am]brings the wild[Em]fire

[G]Elder trees will [Em]perish

With[Am]in its [G]funeral [Am]pyre

[Am]Winter [G]snowfall

[Am]Hides the blackened [Em]scar

[G]Ice and [Em]crystals

En[Am]case both [G]ash and [Am]char

And [Am]to those [G]ashes

The [Am]sun brings warmth a[Em]gain

Fire[G]weed and re[Em]newal

A[Am]wait the [G]warm spring [Am]rain


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The Spring Phoenix – ©2023 Heather Preston (for use with Cecilia Eng’s Phoenix in Autumn)

From [Am] ashes old, a [G] flame begins, a [Am] new-born bird will [Em] rise

With [G] feathers of a [Em] flaming gold, and [Am] fire [G] in its [Am] eyes.

It [Am] stretches out its [G] mighty wings, a[Am]blaze with second [Em] birth,

Cre[G]ates the warming [Em] wind that [C] brings re[Am]newal [G] to the [Am] earth.

With [Am] every fiery [G] death and fallow [Am] time in ashes [Em]deep,

The [G] phoenix loses [Em] all and yet its [Am] powers [G] only [Am] sleep.

The [Am] phoenix springs re[G]surgent in a [Am] sign of hope and [Em] change,

To [G] bring new life from [Em] ruins, [C] dying [Am] structures [G]re-ar[Am]range.

So [Am] let this bird, with [G] feathers bright, send [Am] peace into our [Em] hearts –

For [G] though the old way [Em] seems to end, a[Am]nother [G] journey [Am] starts.

So [Am] let the phoenix [G] soar again, in[Am]to the springtime [Em] sky,

For [G] though it dies, it [Em] lives a[C]gain – and [Am] so mote [G] you and [Am] I.

Edit: oops! Old chords. Had to update them once Cecilia's version came back to me. Fixed now. - H