Exercise 77 written by Graeme Miles
Over the years I have been fortunate in many ways, one of these was to have tapes sent to me by Graeme Miles of songs that he had written over the years. It was a great joy, and still is, to listen to these. I was engrossed in one of these tapes when one particular song caught my ear. I phoned Graeme to ask if I could sing this one, which I always did whenever I would learn one of his songs. He asked me which one it was and I explained to him the one. His reply was ‘No’ as he had written it purely as an exercise and did not want it to be “sung out”. I respected his wishes but learned it just to sing to myself. I became frustrated that I could not “sing it out “ so I devised a plan. In the early 1900’s a Spanish composer Tarrega, wrote the most beautiful peice of music for the classical guitar called Memories of the Alhambra, Recurdos del Alhambra, and he wrote this as an exercise, a difficult piece to play as it is a tremolo on the inside string. This beautiful piece has been incorporated in many a classical guitarists repertoire and has been performed all over the word. I phoned Graeme and told him this and I am happy to say that he relented and gave me permission to “sing it out” but I must always introduce it as Exercise 77, and I along with many others thank Graeme for letting us “sing it out”. Martyn
Exercise 77 written by Graeme Miles
You are the light, the silver light of dawn
You are the song, the song the linnet sings
You are the sun, the sun that makes me warm
You are my morning, you are my morning
You are my morning, oh yes you are
You are my morning, oh yes you are
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You are the dove, the dove that brings the peace
You are the breeze, the breeze that soothes my brow
You are the rain, the rain that cools my cheek
You are my comfort, you are my comfort
You are my comfort, oh yes you are
You are my comfort, oh yes you are
…….
You are the air, in every breath I breathe
You are the thought that never leaves my mind
You are the pulse that makes my heart to beat
You are my life, you are my life
You are my life, oh yes you are
And you’re my morning and you’re my comfort
And you’re my life, oh yes you are