In praise of music - Jerry Estes

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 5 April 2006, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

||: WE WANT PRAISE MUSIC.
WE SING NEW, FOR-FOR?
WE WANT PRAISE MUSIC.
COME-ON JOIN-us US SING. :||

WE INVENT MUSIC NEW,
WE DON'T-MIND alt.DREAM.
WE INVENT MUSIC NEW.
WHY~NOT GO-AHEAD SING.

WE WANT PRAISE MUSIC.
WE SING NEW, FOR-FOR?
WE WANT PRAISE MUSIC.
COME-ON JOIN-us US SING.

MUSIC CHAMPION GOOD WE HUMAN KNOW.
HEAVEN WE TASTE BEFORE ARRIVE HOW? THROUGH MUSIC.

WE WANT PRAISE MUSIC.
WE SING NEW, FOR-FOR?
WE WANT PRAISE MUSIC.
COME-ON JOIN-us US SING.

WE WANT PRAISE MUSIC.
WE SING NEW, FOR-FOR?
WE WANT PRAISE MUSIC.


Notes: The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.

COME-ON - (2h)[B^] move in circles pivoting at the wrists to beckon someone to do something.

JOIN-us - Looks like JOIN but the DH - inserted from the other side of the NDH.

GO-AHEAD - (2h)[B^ dot], POs ><, FOs away, move forward in a jerk.

Lyrics (Thanks to Donna Galati):

In praise of music,
We will sing a new song,
In praise of music,
Come and sing along.

We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of the dreams.
We are the music makers,
So we will sing.

In praise of music,
We will sing a new song,
In praise of music,
Come and sing along.

Music, the greatest good that mortals know,
And all of heaven, all of heaven we have here below.

In praise of music,
We will sing a new song,
In praise of music,
Come and sing along.

In praise of music,
We will sing a new song,
In praise of music.

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