Når bøker er plassert på et salgsbord hos bokhandelen eller står i hylla på biblioteket, er det ingen tvil om at coveret til boken kan være avgjørende om boka får oppmerksomhet fra meg. Coveret på boka jeg leser nå, En overflødig kvinne av Rabih Alameddine synes jeg har et utrolig fint cover. I tillegg liker jeg det jeg leser så langt. Det er en bok jeg må lese sakte.
LP plater er forhistorisk. Men og kvitte seg med dem, er utenkelig. Mange er det knyttet minner til. Tekst. Melodi. Og det gjelder også coveret.
Selv om det er låten How can i tell you jeg liker best, er Morning has broken den mest kjente låten på Teaser and the Firecat . Melodien er basert på en skotsk-gælisk folketone kjent som «Bunessan». Teksten ble skrevet av Eleanor Farjeon til annet opplaget av Songs of Praise (1931) og ble popularisert på Teaser and the Firecat.
Morning has broken, like the first morning.
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.
Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlight from heaven.
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetnes of the wet garden,
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass.
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning.
Born of the one light Eden saw play.
Praise with elation, praise every morning;
God's recreation of the new day.
Morning has broken, like the first morning.
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.
Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlight from heaven.
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetnes of the wet garden,
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass.
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning.
Born of the one light Eden saw play.
Praise with elation, praise every morning;
God's recreation of the new day.
Morning has broken, like the first morning.
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.
