Canopus


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CHORUS:
Canopus are coming to us
Canopus are coming to us
Canopus are coming to us
Canopus are coming to us

Canopus - vibes live and direct
Canopus - to aid and protect
Canopus - our task to connect
Canopus - to what we detect

CHORUS

Can you feel the Substance Of We?
Can you heal the Wounded One, Earth?
Can you know the Knowledge of Me?
Can you show us how to be Free?

CHORUS

Canopus are coming to us
Canopus - brothers and sisters
Canopus - help and assist us
Canopus - passive resistance

CHORUS



Written on 1996-05-27 at The Cottage in Kielder Forest, in the hope that Ian would be cured of his lergy. Notated and arranged for drums and percussion on 1997-07-15 0:15 but not performed until a decade later on 2007-09-23 at Garden Party #1 by Malcolm Smith & The Emissaries, featuring some members of The Canopus Percussion Ensemble.

The whole song is chanted over fast-paced drumming in a 6/4 triplet beat. The first three syllables of each line of the Chorus ("Canopus") are to be chanted by men and the women answer ("are coming to us"). Everyone sings the verses.


© copyright Malcolm Smith 2007-09-17 - last updated 2007-09-17