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Irena Sendler

from Choices by Tony Harris

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Reviewed in Independent Music News as follows :

... a tribute to wartime heroine - Irena Sendler. Who ? Don’t know much about history ? Well here’s a good place to start. Tony says: “What intrigues me about her courage is that she had no weapons or shields to defend herself with. Her acts were by courage and heart alone – and motivated by a love of humanity”. The poetic imagery shines brightly: “Through crosses from stars…” - a reference to the church sited on the border of the Warsaw ghetto through which children were smuggled. “She was Irena, calm and serene and she was Jolanta (her Resistance code name) through rubble and screams”. All this – added to a very fine melody – has created a magnificent and memorable song.

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Irena Sendler

She carried children
Through crosses from stars

And she smuggled children
By courage and heart

She was my savior
Lied for me
I’d lie for her

She walked where others feared to go
Saved their lives
Risking he-r own

She hid our souls in
Jars neath the apple tree

She lived her life so truthfully
She risked her life for
Love of humanity

She was Irena
Calm and serene
She was Jolanta
Through rubble and screams

Asked by our loved ones
If they go
Will they survive?

She could say only what she knew
If they stay
They will surely die

She hid our souls in
Jars neath the apple tree

She showed her love so truthfully
She risked her life for
Love of humanity

She risked her life for
Love of humanity

She often said that she could have done more
But who could give more
Has more
To sacrifice ?

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from Choices, released October 6, 2010
All instruments by Tony Harris. Features vocals by Daisy Chapman.

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"Tony Harris ‘Choices’ (LP) • There is something of the madrigal about these simple, stately and entrancing songs by Tony Harris "
Venue Magazine

Choices by Tony Harris : Unique really, and refreshingly different – with a mixture of modern and classical influences – unified in 9 extremely moving and beautiful songs.
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