PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
147 - Calypso
This song has time signature changes from 6/8 to 3/8 and back again. It gives the song some interesting ‘hitches’ in the beat.
INTRO 8 bars
Verse 1
To sail on a dream on a cry-stal clear ocean,
To ride on the crest of the (3/8)wild raging (6/8)storm,
To work in the service of life and the living
In search of the answers to (3/8)questions un-(6/8)known
To be part of the movement and part of the growing
Part of beginning-- (3/8)to un-der-(6/8)-stand
CHORUS
Aye, Calyspo, the pla-ces you’ve been to
The things that you’ve shown us, the stor-ies you tell!
Aye, Calypso I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you so long and so well
Hi-dee-ay-ee-ooo
Do-dle-oh-ooo do do do do do
Do-dle-ay-ee---ee--
Do-dle-ay-ee ---ee-----ee--
8 bar turnaround
Verse 2
Like the dol-phin who guides you, you bring us beside you
To light up the darkness and (3/8)show us the (6/8)way,
For though we are strangers in your silent world
To live on the land we must (3/8)learn from the (6/8)sea
To be true as the tide, and free as a windswell
Joy-ful and loving in (3/8)let-ting it (6/8)be.
CHORUS
Aye, Calyspo, the pla-ces you’ve been to
The things that you’ve shown us, the stor-ies you tell!
Aye, Calypso I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you so long and so well
Hi-dee-ay-ee-ee– ee– ee–
Hi-dee-oh-oo--oo--oo–oo–oo–
Hi-dee-ay-ee-ee– ee– ee–
Hi-de-oh-ooo---oo– (COUNT: four bars)
Outtro
Hi-dee-ay-ee-ee– ee– ee–
Hi-dee-oh-oo--oo--oo–oo–oo–
Hi-dee-ay-ee-ee– ee– ee–
Hi-de-oh-ooo---oo–oo--
Words and music: John Denver (1975)