This shape-note folk hymn from the Western Harmony doesn't have anything to do with snow-flakes, but the melody is pretty much exactly as Tchaikovsky found it. (The harmonies have been changed to protect the innocent.) Download the mp3 here & a pdf of several scores can be found here (It's page 3). Click on the play button above to hear my demo "solo-quartet" test recording.
DIE NO MOREMortals fear to die,
Jesus hear our cry,
Come from the war,
We're riding westward to die no more.
Monsters guard the gate
To the golden state
This train is for,
We're riding westward to die no more.
Heaven inside out,
God's land sick with drought,
Let us explore,
We're riding westward to die no more.
Canaan upside-down,
Mountains on the ground,
End all before,
We're riding westward to die no more.
When the sun will rise
From the western skies,
Eden restored,
We're riding westward to die no more.
Holy harmony,
Year of Jubilee,
Forgive our war,
We're riding westward to die no more.
2011 UPDATE: This tune was included in Sing the Trumpet, a shape-note periodical, Vol. 1, issue #2!
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