Name: Bright Morning Star*
Duration: P00H03M07S
Description: An Appalachian a cappella spiritual. "The words are typical of the shape-note hymn, especially in the apostrophe of the ancestors (father, mother, and so forth) but the ordinarily strict-tempo melody alternates between 5/4-4/4-3/4 measures." (From Smithsonian Folkways, the Seeger Sisters)

Bright Morning Star*

from songs my mother sang by Jennifer Leonhardt

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An Appalachian a cappella spiritual. "The words are typical of the shape-note hymn, especially in the apostrophe of the ancestors (father, mother, and so forth) but the ordinarily strict-tempo melody alternates between 5/4-4/4-3/4 measures." (From Smithsonian Folkways, the Seeger Sisters)

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Bright morning stars are rising,
Bright morning stars are rising,
Bright morning stars are rising,
Day is breaking in my soul

Oh, where are our dear mothers?
Oh, where are our dear mothers?
They are gone to heaven shouting
Day is breaking in my soul

Oh, where are our dear fathers?
Oh, where are our dear fathers?
They are in the valley praying
Day is breaking in my soul

Oh, where are our dear sisters?
Oh, where are our dear sisters?
They are gone to heaven shouting
Day is breaking in my soul

Oh, where are our dear brothers?
Oh, where are our dear brothers?
They are in the valley praying
Day is breaking in my soul

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from songs my mother sang, released May 15, 2013
vocals: Jennifer Leonhardt, Juliet Tondowski

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Jennifer Leonhardt Los Angeles, California

A serious girl from Ft Worth contemplates the Uni-verse

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