WoCo Fest 2021 - Boulanger Initiative
Texts and Translations
Dispiegate, guancie amate (unattributed) – music by Francesca Caccini
Show me the crimson red of your cheeks, my love,
That puts all the roses in the meadow to shame.
Come, take down your golden hair,
So I can ruffle it with a golden breeze.
Open your vermilion lips in a beautiful smile,
Because when you do, all of earth and heaven smile.
Io mi distruggo (unattributed) – music by Francesca Caccini
I’m dying over here.
And absolutely nothing helps me feel better,
Because one little glance from you hardly quenches my THIRST
And I don’t even feel better if I cry my eyes out.
How can I even live, when those eyes – dear god those eyes – shine at me,
And your burning arrows light up my heart?
Kill me now, because I’d rather die if you can’t rescue me from this utter hell.
Ch’amor sia nudo (unattributed) – music by Francesca Caccini
That Cupid is a naked, winged little cherub flitting here and there: false.
That Cupid comes straight into your heart and lives rent-free: that’s the truth.
That he’s blind, and aims willy-nilly wherever he wants: lies.
That he aims perfectly with both eyes open and hits the bullseye every time: truth.
That he flies from person to person never resting – nope.
That wherever he lands a single feather, he stays forever – that’s the truth.
And honestly, if I say if it happens to me I’d swear it off and resist, I’d be lying.
If I said I burn, have burned and will always burn with love – that’s the truth.
I’ll Fly Away (traditional) – music by Caroline Shaw
Some bright morning when this life is over
I'll fly away
To that home on god's celestial shore
I'll fly away
Refrain
I'll fly away, oh, glory
I'll fly away
When I die, hallelujah, by and by
I'll fly away
When the shadows of this life are over
I'll fly away
Like a bird from these prison walls
I’ll fly away
Refrain
Oh how glad and happy when we meet
I’ll fly away
No more cold iron shackles on my feet
I’ll fly away
Refrain
Just a few more weary days and then
I'll fly away
To a land where joys will never end
I'll fly away
Refrain
Loisaida, I love you (Bimbo Rivas) – music by Jessie Montgomery
Lower East Side, I love you.
You’re my lady fair.
No matter where I am, I think of you!
The mountains and the valleys cannot compare, my love to you.
Loisaida, I love you.
I dig the way you talk,
I dig the way you look.
Me vacila tu cantar
y yo me las juego fria
pa’ que vivas para siempre.
En mi mente, mi amada, yo te llamo Loisaida
Increible
una mezcla, la perfecta
una gente bien decente
de to ‘as rasas
que estiman, que te adoran
que no saben explicar lo que le pasa
cuando ausente de tus calles peligrosas
si te aman
A ti, mi hermosa Loisaida
I dig your song
and I risk it all
so that you can live forever.
In my mind, my love, I call you
Loisaida
Incredible
a mixture, the perfect mix,
really decent folks
of all races,
That esteem you and adore you
that can’t explain what happens to them
when they’re away from your
dangerous streets
Yes, they love you
To you, my beautiful Loisaida
O what a town…..
even with your drug-infested pocket parks, playgrounds
where our young bloods hang around
waiting, hoping that one day when they too get well and smile again
your love is all they need to come around.
Loisaida, I love you.
Your buildings are burning up
that we got to stop.
Loisaida, my dear,
Te amo.
Get ready! This one’s for all of us.
Tuning Meditation – Pauline Oliveros
First, listen as long as you like.
then: choose a note you hear and try to sing it exactly the same as the person playing it or singing it.
then, listen again and sing a note you don’t hear anyone else doing.
repeat the cycle.
everything is played and sung quietly and warmly.