Morning Has Broken: Cat Stevens
This is from Teaser and the Firecat released in 1971. I know I bought the album and loved the cover.
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July 14, 2010 at 11:03 am
yousendit link:
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/909188287/ab25d751bddac7dd3b84e14158da3d3b
July 17, 2010 at 1:18 am
thought I would mention this again as it is so interesting:
Stevens got the lyrics from a hymn book he found at a bookstore while looking for song ideas. It was a children’s hymn by Eleanor Farjeon, who also wrote a lot of children’s poetry. Stevens explained on The Chris Isaak Hour: “I accidentally fell upon the song when I was going through a slightly dry period and I needed another song or two for Teaser And The Firecat. I came across this hymn book, found this one song, and thought, This is good. I put the chords to it and then it started becoming associated with me.”
Children in England would have heard Farjeon’s hymn in primary school. Scottish children sang the old Gaelic hymn, “Child in a manger, Infant of Mary” to this tune. This hymn predated “Morning” and was written in Gaelic by Mary MacDonald before being translated into English. For Scottish children it was a Christmas hymn
Rick Wakeman, who later became a member of Yes, played keyboards. He claims he was never paid for his work.
July 17, 2010 at 9:40 am
sblake,
I always think songs are original and am amazed to find many have a long history. I guess there are only so many combinations of notes possible and given how long humans have been singing and playing, repetition is inevitable.