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Canticle of the Free to Diana Bitz, and all the holy women of scripture
Based on Exodus 15:19–21
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Performance Notes This is best described as a dance-like campfire song. I have always tried to imagine the party the Israelites had the night they crossed the Red Sea, singing and dancing around a great campfire in the middle of the desert. —Janèt Sullivan Whitaker
Canticle of the Free
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Text based on Exodus 15:19–21. Text and music © 1993, Janèt Sullivan Whitaker. Published by OCP Publications, 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213. All rights reserved.
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CANTICLE OF THE FREE (Continued)
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VERSES Cantor/Choir
CANTICLE OF THE FREE
8
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