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No chorus or bridge. Just a poem put to music and a slide video. This is based on a poem that Helen wrote. I started the project as a gift for her and with help, its complete. Yep its a long one God Bless Roy and Helen, Nadia and Dawn Helen wrote the lyrics, Nadia did the music and played the piano, Dawn the vocals and I made the slide video.
Majestic Tiger
Majestic Tiger in the night
With yellow eyes gleaming bright
He is homeward bound, but first
Must have water, to quench his thirst.
There is a waterhole close by,
One he knows will not be dry.
Quickly, he increases his stride,
The smaller animals run and hide.
However, his mind is not on food,
He is full, and in agreeable mood.
But Tiger, Tiger, do take care,
For evil man has set his snare.
Need of water spurs him on,
His normal caution has now gone.
He bounds forward, there is a snap,
Another victim, of man's trap.
His mighty shriek of pain and fright,
Send others scurrying left and right.
Held fast by his front paw,
By jagged teeth, like a saw.
Thrashing the ground with his tail,
He struggles, but to no avail.
Through the night, his struggles last,
Dawn breaks, he's still held fast.
One more agonised roar of pain,
He tries to escape, yet again.
This time, succeeding with a moan,
As steel teeth, tear through bone.
Exhausted he lays down his head,
For a moment, it seems he's dead.
Until tears trickle from his eyes,
His body shudders, with long sighs.
His severed limb is bleeding badly,
He weakly licks it, but sadly,
He cannot stem the flow of blood,
That pours from him, like a flood.
As this lord of the jungle lays dieing,
The heavens seem to be crying,
As raindrops fall upon his head,
His body heaves and now he's dead.
There's no animal crueller than man,
Killing for pleasure through lifes span.
A Tiger trophy on the wall,
A Tiger skin in the hall.
When you stroke your household cat,
See him sleeping on your mat.
Think how lucky he's so small,
He is Tiger's relative, after all.
'You Have To Kiss A Lot Of Frogs To Find A Prince'
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Hi Roy. Thank you so much for your amazing video and thank you Helen for your amazing lyric! It was a great honour for me to collaborate with You, Helen and Dawn. Thank you for posting your video Roy, I keep watching it and I absolutely love your work. You have a fantastic vision for the song. Helen's lyric is very meaningful and very tragic. Dawn creates her own songs and her compositions are very gentle and delicate and I was so touched when I heard her singing with so much dramatic feel for the song.
Thank you again.
Nadia
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Lovely....Helen is such a talented songwriter/writer and I love her work.....this really came out great...I know Roy that you and Helen are very happy with this...give my best to Helen...
love you both
glyn
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Thanks for your kind words Nadia.
Personally, all I did was have an idea and then find talented people to make it work.
Helen wrote a great poem, and you added great music and Dawn added the singing with real passion. Not forgeting peipei who did the images for us.
I know it isnt a song in the sense of the word, but it was never meant to be. Lets hope that it gets the message across.
God Bless Roy and Helen
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Lovely....Helen is such a talented songwriter/writer and I love her work.....this really came out great...I know Roy that you and Helen are very happy with this...give my best to Helen...
love you both
glyn Thanks Glynda for having a look and for your comments. It was a difficult project and yes we are all very happy with it. Not everyone's cup of tea, I'm sure, but hopefully enough will like what we have done. God Bless Roy and Helen
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Thank you again Roy. I absolutely love our song and your video. It was a pleasure to collaborate with Helen, You and Dawn. The drawings are fantastic and your video is wonderful. You've presented this song is a fantastic way Roy. I too hope there will be interest in the song. I can imagine it in a musical and in school productions.
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HI Roy, Helen, Nadia and Dawn For what it is, this is very nice. The music and style make me think of more of an oriential style. I can tell alot of work went into this. I can appreciate that for certain!!!  Keep on being creative!! Kimberly
*Always open to collaborations on my lyrics.. with singers and musicians, but PLEASE contact me before putting work into one--in case someone else has it..thanks!!** BMI Member All Rights Reserved http://www.littleikepublishing.com Email for Song Business Only littleikeproductions@hotmail.com
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Thanks Kim for having a look and your comments.
I agree for what it is. very different to what any of us who took part have done before.
Funny that you mention 'oriential style' cause the pictures were done by an artist in Japan.
I just explained what I wanted and she did them.
We will keep on creating
God Bless from Roy and Helen and Nadia and Dawn
Last edited by Roy Cooper; 02/26/12 11:48 AM.
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Wonderful "poem turned lyric" and the whole package does a great job in telling the story. Take a bow my friends. It's wonderful what we can do with the media available to us today... and you folks have taken full advantage of it. Enjoyed alot.
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