Opus 153-A2 Song Bird

Length: 2 minutes, 45 seconds

Description: We were listening to Seals and Crofts perform "Ruby Jean and Billie Lee" on YouTube and noticed that a more recent performer had also recorded the song. Anne Legras, a French recording artist does a wonderful rendition of the Seals and Crofts song ( http://youtu.be/gzjJVc8Wp8Y ).

We listened to more of Anne's work on YouTube and on her website that is filled with music she has written and music that has been recorded by other artists. We really enjoy her artistic sense with selecting songs from other artists that are as unique as the music she composes herself.

Severely smitten, we began writing the lyrics for a new genre that we haven't composed in before. The Song Bird Vocal Series, dedicated to Anne Legras, is our first foray into the Pop music genre.

To Live is to Love!

/s/ Richard "Larencio" Matthis

A. Song Bird

I heard a song bird’s flowing melody beneath Springtime’s greening forest.

For a moment or two that song was the only sound in the universe.

A fragile melody coupled with a dissonant counterpoint provided from the sometimes bitter experiences - from previously wandered paths.

Today, today a songbird hidden from sight provides new meaning for the words, “To live is to love. To live is to love.”

Oiseau Chanteur

J’ai entendu la mélodie coule un oiseau de chanson de forêt sous l’écologisation du printemps.

Pendant un moment ou deux que cette chanson était le seul bruit dans l’univers.

Une mélodie fragile couplé avec un contrepoint dissonant fourni des expériences parfois amères - de chemins auparavant erré.

Aujourd’hui, aujourd'hui un oiseau caché de la vue donne un nouveau sens pour les mots, “Vivre, c’est aimer. Vivre, c’est aimer.”

for Anne Legras

Copyright September 3, 2012 Compilation IV Richard L. Matthis

Performance Bundle Instruments Flute 1-2 English Horn 1-2 Horn in F 1-3 Violin Cello String Bass Vibraphone Classical Guitar Electric Guitar Vocals Piano

Performance Bundle Full Score 11 x17 (12 pages) Instrumental Parts 11 x 17 Performance Bundle contains full score and one copy of each instrumental part

Performance Bundle Registration: U.S. Copyright Registration: PAU3774883 - 10-17-12 ASCAP Title No.: 884507652 Larencio's Music 2012D: SRU1205785 USIRIC: QZCK61823009 ISWC: T9134367387

OP-153-A2-VSM Vocal Sheet Music - Voice and Piano - 9 pages (sold separately) Vocal Sheet Music Registration: U.S. Copyright Registration: PAU3774883 - 10-17-12 USIRIC: QZCK61823008 ASCAP Title No.: 884507652 ISWC: T9134919565

OP-153-A2-CSM Clarinet Sheet Music - Clarinet and Piano - 8 pages (Sold Separately) Clarinet Sheet Music Registration: U.S. Copyright Registration: PAU3774883 - 10-17-12 ASCAP Title No.: 884507749 USIRIC: QZCK61823007 ISWC: T9134282976

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