So the world is a circle.
My favorite tune for decades comes from Paul Winter's 1977
album/CD, the title tune, Common Ground.
"Voices are calling round the earth, music is rising in the sea
The spirit of morning fills the air
Guiding my journey home
Where is the path beyond the forest
Where is the song I always knew
I remember it just around the bend
In the village, the music never ends ..."
I assumed it was a product of the Paul Winter Consort.
The only album credit is to the guy who sings it, Jim Scott.
He was the Consort's guitarist.
Last month, I discover Jim Scott in his garden on youtube--now 40 years older.
He sings Common Ground.
But his second verse is new! It doesn't rhyme.
The new verse:
"Somewhere is the melody we need
There is a certain harmony
Even a rhythm in the trees
In the song that we've always known
As every road comes to its end,
Every path must cross again
Now I'm returning to my heart
Back to the sound that is our own... "
A web search for that lyric produces a new clue: Velho Sermão.
That's Portugese!
Translation: Old/Ancient Lesson.
I enter the Portugese title into youtube. Deep dive.
Paul Winter's Common Ground came out in 1976.
But Velho Sermao was on another artist's Lp the previous year, 1975.
Scott's new verse is a literal translation of Portugese into English from the original recording.
Of course! The world is a circle!
I have every album by Ivan Lins, who actually wrote Velho Sermao.
He's been Brazil's premier tunesmith for decades.
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The bugs are back. Pollens drift. Eyes itch. Hear that
rhythm in the trees? Every path must cross again ...
Sweet.
Paul Winter, Common Ground:
https://youtu.be/EAIxjjPiDTs
Jim Scott, Common Ground
https://youtu.be/LpppGJlYeLs
Ivan Lins, Who Actually Wrote the Song:
https://youtu.be/vRR_pgprTpQ
