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from 176 Daughters by Keith May

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about

This is a happiness snowball. I had written this as a goodbye song for my first year students. I used it as a listening exercise in a class with my Junior students. They enjoyed it, but one class, Class 3, stopped me as I was putting my guitar away and said..."Can we learn it?" I taught them the song and asked if they wanted to sing it together at a school party. We performed at the party and then I asked them if they would want to record it for the album. What a treasure. The ending is sprinkled with the sounds of my students that I gathered from audio messages and videos they sent me.

lyrics

Smile. Smile all you want
Wherever you are - forever will be
Fill these lonely arms
With comfort and charm for all to see

So when you come back..
I’ll be the one to say….“Welcome back”…
and I’m hoping that you’ll never have to leave.

Song. Twists through the air
Gentle and soft written with care
I’ll play, play from the heart
Then we will start dancing again

So when you come back..
I’ll be the one to say….“Welcome back”…
and I’m hoping that…You’ll never have to leave.
Smile. Smile all you want

credits

from 176 Daughters, released August 4, 2016
Vocals by:
Tan “Lily” Hongli,
Zhao “Joanne” Jiao,
Yang “Tara” Yanxue,
Long “Elaine” Yanqun,
Wang “Renee” Xianmin,
Zhong “Shadow” Qinyu,
Long “Veronica” Guifeng,
Zhang “Amber” Qian,
Huang “Miranda” Wei,
Zhao “Annia” Xing,
Guo “Vivian” Yu,
Yang “Alex” Li,
Yin “Nicky” Dan,
Mou “Kim” Qingqing,
Li “Mercy” Rong,
Chen “Erin” Ran,
Wang “Mad” Huaicui,
Fan “Melody” Jianmei,
Lai “Lucy” Yao,
Wang “Sweety” Lizhi,
Lin “Candy” Min,
Yuan “Elina” Dan,
Yang “Caroline” Yiyou,
Huang “Kelly” Xiufang,
Ma “Kate” Lanlan,
Xu “Fiona” Yuting,
Zhao “Kodi” Qian,
Chen “Julia” Yuli,
Zhou “Carly” Hao,
Xie “Rita” Yujun,
Chen “Trey” Ye,
Yang “Jack” Peng,
Zhou “Hans” Shuxiong

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