Available for SSA and piano Available for solo voice and piano from Saskatchewan Songs
PRAIRIE LILY Prairie lily – our Western Red, Motionless flame in the depths of the woods. Flushed, freckeled face upturned to the sun Like those of my ancestors. Your fire fueled by long June days Your roots firm in the black earth, Where my ancestors also found strength. They came here and coaxed a life from the ground, Toil, fortitude, resilience… Unstoppable, like you. Deep snow, torrential rain – Nothing can extinguish the flame…
SSA and piano version premiered by She Sings! Women’s Choir with pianist Kristin Rae, under the direction of Martha Hill Duncan at Rhyme, Rhythm and Song in Stratford, Ontario on June 6, 2015.
Solo version premiered by contralto Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber and pianist Arlene Shrut, on May, 2012 at Penn State Altoona.
