Performed by: The Roseland School Choir.
Lyrics- Gerald Truan
Music – Nigel Read

“Children of Life” was written to commission the opening of a new purpose built music suite at The Roseland School, Tregony, Cornwall and was first performed at the inaugural concert 8th July 1988.

Sleeve Notes

“The lyricist Gerald Truan presently teaches at Tregony County Primary School- and has recently submitted various scripts of his own short stories for publication.

Nigel Read has been the Head of Music at The Roseland School for the past six years. His previous vocal compositions have included writing music for one of London’s youth choirs.

Produced and Engineered by Nigel Read
Recorded and Mixed at The Roseland School Music Studios, between July 1988 and February 1989.

Record Pressing and Production by Statetune Limited, Wellingborough. Northants.
Cover Design and Graphic by Peter Bone.”

 

Lyrics

Music, the language of the universal child,
Can bring us closer, every beat, to one another;
We feel the rhythm and it’s leading us along Into a bright and better world for us to share.

We are the children of life, of music,
We’re the future of the world.
We have the freedom and opportunity,
We can make it right.

Come with us, join with us,
Harmony’s the way.
You will see the dawning of
A brand new, bright, new day.

We have a place where we can sing our song aloud,
A place to live, a place to learn, and grow together.
If once we falter we can count our friends,
We’ll turn our faces to the sun and show we care.

Now we are singing we can make it very clear,
Deep in ourselves, the summertime can last forever.
Our time has come and we will shout it to the world;
We have the music and the youth, we have the flair.