Straight For My Home
A setting for mixed chorus with piano accompaniment of a lyric by J.A.C. Redford.
Duration: 4' 22"
Difficulty: 3/5 (Difficulty Rating Overview)
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VOICES
Mixed Chorus (non-divisi, no solos)
Piano
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Straight for My Home
Music and Lyrics by J.A.C. Redford
Forward I walk with every breath
Sometimes through wind, icy as death
Sometimes through rain, wet to the bone
Forward I walk, straight for my home
With every step I hear my heart speak
Of lessons to learn and a promise to keep
Held by a trust more solid than stone
Forward I walk, straight for my home
The way grows steep, the night is falling
Can't see where I'm going, can't see where I've been
But in the dark, a voice keeps calling
To find me, remind me what waits at the end
Forward I walk, no turning back
Faith will supply whatever I lack
Never without and never alone
Forward I walk, straight for my home
The dawn is near, a bright tomorrow
Beyond the horizon, a glint in the skies
And all my fear, and all my sorrow
Is turned into gold in the sudden sunrise
Forward I walk into the light
Hope like a jewel, shining so bright
Love like a fire that burns in the bone
Forward I walk, straight for my home
Forward I walk, straight for my home
© Copyright 1990 & 2021 by J.A.C. Redford. All rights reserved.
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Straight For My Home was used in the 1990 television movie A Son’s Promise. The choral adaptation and arrangement was recorded in January 2022 for the album J.A.C. Redford: Dappled Things by London Voices directed by Ben Parry.
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