The Moon Represents My Heart (Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin)

 "The Moon Represents My Heart" (Chinese: 月亮代表我的心; pinyin: Yuèliang Dàibiǎo Wǒ de Xīn) is a Mandarin song. It was made famous by the Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng. The song often cited as "one of the most famous and beloved Chinese songs of all time".

The lyrics to the song were written by Sun Yi [zh] (孫儀)^[5][6] and the music was composed by Weng Ching-hsi (翁清溪).^[7] It was first sung by Chen Fen-lan (陳芬蘭) in 1972 or 1973 for Chen's album Dreamland (夢鄉)^[7][8] but was made famous by Teresa Teng's version later in 1977.^[9][10] Teng's rendition, which is three minutes and 29 seconds long,^[11] was described as a "love song with a waltz-like lilt".

The easy alphanotes version of this song can be downloaded here. Enjoy!

LYRICS:

Pinyin: nǐ wèn wǒ ài nǐ yǒu duō shēn

Simplified: 你问我爱你有多深

Traditional: 你問我愛你有多深

English: You ask me how deep my love for you is

wǒ ài nǐ yǒu jǐ fēn

我爱你有几分

我愛你有幾分

How much I really love you

wǒ de qíng yě zhēn

我的情也真

我的情也真

My affection is real

wǒ de ài yě zhēn

我的爱也真

我的愛也真

My love is real

yuè liang dài biǎo wǒ de xīn

月亮代表我的心

月亮代表我的心

The moon represents my heart

nǐ wèn wǒ ài nǐ yǒu duō shēn

你问我爱你有多深

你問我愛你有多深

You ask me how deep my love for you is

wǒ ài nǐ yǒu jǐ fēn

我爱你有几分

我愛你有幾分

How much I really love you

wǒ de qíng bù yí

我的情不移

我的情不移

My affection will not waver

wǒ de ài bú biàn

我的爱不变

我的愛不變

My love will not change

yuè liang dài biǎo wǒ de xīn

月亮代表我的心

月亮代表我的心

The moon represents my heart 

qīng qīng de yí ge wěn

轻轻的一个吻

輕輕的一個吻

One soft kiss

yǐ jīng dǎ dòng wǒ de xīn

已经打动我的心

已經打動我的心

Has already moved my heart

shēn shēn de yí duàn qíng

深深的一段情

深深的一段情

Our time of deep affection

jiào wǒ sī niàn dào rú jīn

叫我思念到如今

叫我思念到如今

Has made me miss you ever since then

nǐ wèn wǒ ài nǐ yǒu duō shēn

你问我爱你有多深

你問我愛你有多深

You ask me how deep my love for you is

wǒ ài nǐ yǒu jǐ fēn

我爱你有几分

我愛你有幾分

How much I really love you

nǐ qù xiǎng yi xiǎng

你去想一想

你去想一想

Think about it

nǐ qù kàn yi kàn

你去看一看

你去看一看

Take a look

yuè liang dài biǎo wǒ de xīn

月亮代表我的心

月亮代表我的心

The moon represents my heart

qīng qīng de yí ge wěn

轻轻的一个吻

輕輕的一個吻

One soft kiss

yǐ jīng dǎ dòng wǒ de xīn

已经打动我的心

已經打動我的心

Has already moved my heart

shēn shēn de yí duàn qíng

深深的一段情

深深的一段情

Our time of deep affection

jiào wǒ sī niàn dào rú jīn

叫我思念到如今

叫我思念到如今

Has made me miss you ever since then

nǐ wèn wǒ ài nǐ yǒu duō shēn

你问我爱你有多深

你問我愛你有多深

You ask me how deep my love for you is

wǒ ài nǐ yǒu jǐ fēn

我爱你有几分

我愛你有幾分

How much I really love you

nǐ qù xiǎng yi xiǎng

你去想一想

你去想一想

Think about it

nǐ qù kàn yi kàn

你去看一看

你去看一看

Take a look

yuè liang dài biǎo wǒ de xīn

月亮代表我的心

月亮代表我的心

The moon represents my heart

nǐ qù xiǎng yi xiǎng

你去想一想

你去想一想

Think about it

nǐ qù kàn yi kàn

你去看一看

你去看一看

Take a look

yuè liang dài biǎo wǒ de xīn

月亮代表我的心

月亮代表我的心

The moon represents my heart

Hosanna (In The Highest) by Casey J Hobbs, Jon Webb Jr, Will Burns, Obe Brown

 Hosanna (in the highest) themes are praise & thanksgiving, worship, love & adoration and thirst for God. To download the easy alphanote version look here.  For more information you can look here.  Enjoy!

Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest
When You come, everything must change
Hosanna
Now that You're here
This place will never be the same

As You rode into Jerusalem
The city filled the street with palms
Now You've come here like a rushing wind
And we will join with their response
(We'll sing)

Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest
When You come, everything must change
Hosanna
Now that You're here
This place will never be the same

Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest
When You come, everything must change
Hosanna
Now that You're here
This place will never be the same

As You walked the road to Calvary
The cross weighed down with all our sins
Your death paid what You did not owe
So we can sing in freedom
(And sing)

Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest
When You come, everything must change
Hosanna
Now that You're here
This place will never be the same

Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest
When You come, everything must change
Hosanna
Now that You're here
This place will never be the same

You are welcome here
You are welcome here
Life is changed
Forevermore

As You've come before
Now You have appeared
Life is changed
Forevermore

You are welcome here
You are welcome here
Life is changed
Forevermore

As You've come before
Now You have appeared
Life is changed
Forevermore

Now we wait for You expectantly
You promised us You would return
The prophet said Your King will come
We rest our hope on that sure word

(Til then) Hosanna...

Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest
When You come, everything must change
Hosanna
Now that You're here
This place will never be the same

Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest
When You come, everything must change
Hosanna
Now that You're here
This place will never be the same

You are welcome here
You are welcome here
Life is changed
Forevermore

As You've come before
Now You have appeared
Life is changed
Forevermore

You are welcome here
You are welcome here
Life is changed
Forevermore

As You've come before
Now You have appeared
Life is changed
Forevermore

Forevermore
Forevermore
Forevermore
Forevermore
Forevermore
Forevermore
Forevermore
Forevermore
Forevermore
Forevermore

Talking To The Moon - Bruno Mars

 "Talking to the Moon" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010). The song was first unveiled on Mars' debut extended play, It's Better If You Don't Understand (2010), as its last track. It was written by Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Albert Winkler, and Jeff Bhasker, while production was handled by the Smeezingtons in collaboration with Bhasker. "Talking to the Moon" is a pop and R&B power ballad about a failed relationship, solitude, and sadness. Instrumentally, the track relies on drum percussion and piano. 

The easy alphanote version of this song can be downloaded here. Enjoy!

I know you're somewhere out there

Somewhere far away
I want you back, I want you back
My neighbors think I'm crazy
But they don't understand
You're all I have, you're all I have

At night, when the stars light up my room
I sit by myself
Talking to the moon
Trying to get to you
In hopes you're on the other side, talking to me too
Or am I a fool, who sits alone, talking to the moon?
Oh

I'm feeling like I'm famous, the talk of the town
They say I've gone mad
Yeah, I've gone mad
But they don't know what I know
'Cause when the sun goes down, someone's talking back
Yeah, they're talking back, oh

At night, when the stars light up my room
I sit by myself
Talking to the moon
Trying to get to you
In hopes you're on the other side, talking to me too
Or am I a fool, who sits alone, talking to the moon?

Do you ever hear me calling?
(Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah) Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

'Cause every night, I'm talking to the moon
Still trying to get to you
In hopes you're on the other side, talking to me too
Or am I a fool, who sits alone, talking to the moon?
Oh

I know you're somewhere out there
Somewhere far away

It Is Good To Sing Thy Praises (Psalm 92)

 It is good to sing Thy praises, is an old hymn from Psalm 92 and the easy alphanote version sheet music can be downloaded here.  A song which exhorts us to give thanks to the Lord and sing praises to His name is “It Is Good to Sing Thy Praises.”  The text, based on Psalm 92, is taken from The Psalter of 1912 published by John McNaugher (1857-1947).  A lot of modern books seek to “update” the language and begin the song, “It Is Good to Sing Your Praises.”  Again, I ask, why?  Several tunes have been or could be used with the hymn, such as one (Ellesdie) attributed to Wolfgang A. Mozart, arranged by Hubert P. Main, suggested by Nethymnal (Cyberhymnal), and most often associated with Henry F. Lyte’s “Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken;” and another (Beecher or Zundel) composed by John Zundel for Charles Wesley’s “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.”  If one were into playing “musical hymn tunes” (instead of musical chairs), he could sing it to the traditional American melody (Nettleton) attributed to Asahel Nettleton, publishsed by John Wyeth, and commonly associated with Robert Robinson’s “O Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” For more information, look here. Enjoy!

1 It is good to sing your praises
And to thank you, O Most High,
Showing forth your loving-kindness
When the morning lights the sky.
It is good when night is falling
Of your faithfulness to tell,
While with sweet, melodious praises
Songs of adoration swell.

2 You have filled my heart with gladness
Through the works your hands have wrought;
You have made my life victorious;
Great your works and deep your thought.
You, O Lord, on high exalted,
Reign forevermore in might;
All your enemies shall perish,
Sin be banished from your sight.

3 But the good shall live before you,
Planted in your dwelling place,
Fruitful trees and ever verdant,
Nourished by your boundless grace.
In his goodness to the righteous
God his righteousness displays;
God, my rock, my strength and refuge,
Just and true are all your ways. 

1 Bueno es, oh Dios, cantarte
lo que llena el corazón,
bueno siempre alabarte
día y noche en dulce son;
cuando aclara la mañana,
anunciar tu gran bondad,
y entre sombras de la noche
siempre hablar de tu verdad.

2 Tú, Señor, de alegría
este ser llenado has,
y el pan de cada día
bondadosamente das;
tú mis pasos encaminas
por la senda de virtud;
hoy recibe la ofrenda
de mi humilde gratitud.

3 Siempre el justo, cual la palma
del desierto, flor dará.
Cual del Líbano el cedro,
crecimiento así tendrá.
De jehová en la casa mora,
en sus atrios vivirá;
con el pueblo redimido
día y noche cantará.

Mojito - Jay Chou

 Today's song, Mojito, performed by Jay Chou, the easy piano/keyboard version can be downloaded here. This is China's most viral song of 2020. Based in Havana in Cuba, the song comes on the back of the singer’s Netflix series J-Style Trip, which is part travelogue and part magic show. Enjoy!

Mojito-English Version

Could I have a glass
of mojito for my lover
I like the way he looks
when he speak with his eyes
I'll have a coffee don't need much sugar
The world is already too
sweet because of him

There ain't no cigar that
is better than his smile
Don't waste your time
showing it off put it away
The Arcade murals graffiti city
No colors shine as bright
when he's the brightest star

This love ain't settled can't
deal with other problems
My loneliness is never where you are
Cast Iron signs are scattered all over
It's like the city's sending
love letter to heaven
We'll be the only the only people
Dancing on the beautiful
streets of Havana
🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Cruisin in our Chevy with
the swaying palm trees
We elope away with the ocean breeze
Check these antique books
filled with expertise
I thought maybe we met
in our last life time
I know you feel the same
way you and I vibing away
Baby you're the only perfect one for me

Could I have a glass
of mojito for my lover
I like the way he looks
when he speak with his eyes
I'll have a coffee don't need much sugar
The world is already too
sweet because of him

This love ain't settled can't
deal with other problems
My loneliness is never where you are
Cast Iron signs are scattered all over
It's like the city's sending
love letter to heaven
We'll be the only the only people
Dancing on the beautiful
streets of Havana

Cast Iron signs are scattered all over
It's like the city's sending
love letter to heaven
We'll be the only the only people
Dancing on the beautiful
streets of Havana

周杰伦 (Jay Chou) - Mojito Lyrics

周杰伦 - Mojito 歌词 Chinese
麻烦给我的爱人来一杯Mojito
我喜欢阅读她微醺时的眼眸
而我的咖啡 糖不用太多
这世界已经因为她甜得过头

没有跟她笑容一样浓郁的雪茄
就别浪费时间介绍收起来吧
拱廊的壁画 旧城的涂鸦
所有色彩都因为她说不出话

这爱不落幕 忘了心事的国度
你所在之处 孤单都被征服
铁铸的招牌 错落着就像
一封封城市 献给天空的情书
当街灯亮起 Havana漫步
这是世上最美丽的那双人舞

缤纷的老爷车 跟着棕榈摇曳
载着海风私奔漫无目的
古董书摊漫着时光香气
我想 上辈子 是不是就遇过你
喧嚣的海报躺在 慵懒的阁楼阳台
而你是文学家笔下的那一片海

麻烦给我的爱人来一杯Mojito
我喜欢阅读她微醺时的眼眸
而我的咖啡 糖不用太多
这世界已经因为她甜得过头

这爱不落幕 忘了心事的国度

铁铸的招牌 错落着就像
一封封城市 献给天空的情书
当街灯亮起 Havana漫步
这是世上最美丽的那双人舞

周杰伦 - Mojito 歌词 Pinyin
máfan gěi wǒ de àirén lái yībēi Mojito
wǒ xǐhuān yuèdú tā wéi xūn shí de yǎn móu
ér wǒ de kāfēi táng bùyòng tài duō
zhè shìjiè yǐjīng yīnwèi tā tián dé guòtóu

méiyǒu gēn tā xiàoróng yīyàng nóngyù de xuějiā
jiù bié làngfèi shíjiān jièshào shōu qǐlái ba
gǒng láng de bìhuà jiù chéng de túyā
suǒyǒu sècǎi dōu yīnwèi tā shuō bu chū huà

zhè ài bù luòmù wàngle xīnshì de guódù
nǐ suǒzài zhī chù gūdān dōu bèi zhēngfú
tiě zhù de zhāopái cuòluòzhe jiù xiàng
yī fēng fēng chéngshì xiàn gěi tiānkōng de qíngshū
dāngjiē dēngliàng qǐ Havana mànbù
zhè shì shìshàng zuì měilì de nà shuāngrénwǔ

bīnfēn de lǎoyé chē gēnzhe zōnglǘ yáoyè
zàizhe hǎifēng sībēn màn wú mù de
gǔdǒng shū tān mànzhe shíguāng xiāngqì
wǒ xiǎng shàngbèizi shì bùshì jiù yùguò nǐ
xuānxiāo de hǎibào tǎng zài yōng lǎn de gélóu yángtái
ér nǐ shì wénxué jiā bǐxià de nà yīpiàn hǎi

máfan gěi wǒ de àirén lái yībēi Mojito
wǒ xǐhuān yuèdú tā wéi xūn shí de yǎn móu
ér wǒ de kāfēi táng bùyòng tài duō
zhè shìjiè yǐjīng yīnwèi tā tián dé guòtóu

zhè ài bù luòmù wàngle xīnshì de guódù
nǐ suǒzài zhī chù gūdān dōu bèi zhēngfú
tiě zhù de zhāopái cuòluòzhe jiù xiàng
yī fēng fēng chéngshì xiàn gěi tiānkōng de qíngshū
dāngjiē dēngliàng qǐ Havana mànbù
zhè shì shìshàng zuì měilì de nà shuāngrénwǔ

tiě zhù de zhāopái cuòluòzhe jiù xiàng
yī fēng fēng chéngshì xiàn gěi tiānkōng de qíngshū
dāngjiē dēngliàng qǐ Havana mànbù
zhè shì shìshàng zuì měilì de nà shuāngrénwǔ

你所在之处 孤单都被征服
铁铸的招牌 错落着就像
一封封城市 献给天空的情书
当街灯亮起 Havana漫步
这是世上最美丽的那双人舞

Jeux Interdits (Spanish Romance)

 Juex Interdits or Spanish Romance is originally written for classical guitar and the easy version for piano or keyboard can be found here. This is also known as "Romance Anónimo" (Anonymous Romance) is a piece for guitar, also known as "Estudio en Mi de Rubira" (Study in E by Rubira), "Spanish Romance", "Romance de España", "Romance de Amor", "Romance of the Guitar", "Romanza" and "Romance d'Amour" among other names.

Its origins and authorship are currently in question. It is suspected of originally being a solo instrumental guitar work, from the 19th century. It has variously been attributed to Antonio Rubira, David del Castillo.  Look here and here for more information. Enjoy!

Go Tell It On The Mountain

 "Go Tell It on the Mountain" is an African-American spiritual song, compiled by John Wesley Work Jr., dating back to at least 1865, that has been sung and recorded by many gospel and secular performers. It is considered a Christmas carol as its original lyrics celebrate the Nativity of Jesus:

Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere;
go tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is born.

An alternate final line omits the reference to the birth of Christ, instead declaring that "Jesus Christ is Lord". 

In 1963, the musical team Peter, Paul and Mary, along with their musical director Milt Okun, adapted and rewrote "Go Tell It on the Mountain" as "Tell It on the Mountain", their lyrics referring specifically to: Exodus and using the phrase "Let my people go", but referring implicitly to the civil rights struggle of the early 1960s. This version became a moderately successful single for them (US No. 33 pop, 1964).

According to religious studies professor and civil rights historian Charles Marsh, it was African-American civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer who combined this song with the spiritual "Go Down Moses", taking the last line of the chorus, "let my people go" and substituting it in the chorus of "Go Tell It on the Mountain". Marsh does not document this claim, but notes that Hamer was highly active in civil rights work beginning in the 1950s, and that the use of the Exodus story and the singing of spirituals played a central role in her activities.

A version was also recorded by the Wailers with Peter Tosh on lead vocal. This version contains no reference to the birth of Christ and the line is replaced by "Set my people free".  The song appears on The Best of The Wailers album (recorded 1970 and released in 1971).^{[citation needed]}

Little Big Town's 2006 non-album single version reached No. 35 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Bob Dylan references the song in his 2020 song "Goodbye Jimmy Reed," which contains the lyric, "For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory / Go tell it on the mountain, go tell the real story". 

The easy alphanote version of the music can be downloaded here. Enjoy!

Go, tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born!

While shepherds kept their watching
O'er silent flocks by night
Behold throughout the heavens
There shone a holy light

Go, tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born!

The shepherds feared and trembled
When lo! Above the Earth
Rang out the angel chorus
That hailed our Savior's birth

Go, tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born!

Down in a lowly manger
Our humble Christ was born
And God sent us salvation
That blessed Christmas morn

Go, tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born!

Angels We Have Heard On High

"Angels We Have Heard on High" is a Christmas carol to the hymn tune "Gloria" from a traditional French song of unknown origin called Les Anges dans nos campagnes, with paraphrased English lyrics by James Chadwick. The song's subject is the birth of Jesus Christ as narrated in the Gospel of Luke, specifically the scene in which shepherds outside Bethlehem encounter a multitude of angels singing and praising the newborn child.

This Chirstmas carol is generally sung to the hymn tune "Gloria", a traditional French carol as arranged by Edward Shippen Barnes. Its most memorable feature is its chorus, Gloria in excelsis Deo, where the "o" of "Gloria" is fluidly sustained through 16 notes of a rising and falling melismatic melodic sequence.

In England, the words of James Montgomery's "Angels from the Realms of Glory" are usually sung to this tune, with the "Gloria in excelsis Deo" refrain text replacing Montgomery's. It is from this usage that the tune sometimes is known as "Iris", the name of Montgomery's newspaper.

The easy alphanote version of the music can be downloaded here. 

For more information look here and here. Enjoy!

Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains

Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly, sweetly through the night
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their brief delight

Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Gloria, in excelsis Deo

Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?

Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Gloria, in excelsis Deo

Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing,
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Gloria, in excelsis Deo

Yeah
Gloria, in excelsis Deo

Angels we have heard
Angels we have heard on high
Angels we have heard, oh
Angels we have heard on high
Angels we have heard on high
Angels we have heard on high

In excelsis Deo

Pass It On (It Only Takes A Spark)

This gospel hymn chorus was written by Kurt Kaiser who was born December 17, 1934, in Chicago. He attended American Conservatory of Music and Northwestern University. He moved to Waco, Texas in 1959 in order to join Word Music, where he later worked as vice president and director of music. He arranged and produced several albums. He composed more than 300 songs, and with Ralph Carmichael developed Christian youth musicals. He was a longtime member of the Seventh & James Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. He later helped start Dayspring Baptist Church in Waco. He was an acclaimed pianist who accompanied George Beverly Shea at Billy Graham crusades. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and was elected to the Gospel Music. 

In 1969, the Christian youth movement was taken place. Kaiser set out to write a hymn that would be the modern day equivalent of Just As I Am. This would be the closer to the musical, Tell It Like It Is, he was working on with Ralph Carmichael. “It was the beginning of youth finding a place in church again”, said Carmichael.

Kaiser describes his experience writing the hymn by saying, “On a Sunday night I was sitting in our den by the fireplace where there were remnants of a fire, and it occurred to me that it only takes a spark to get a fire going . . . and the rest came very quickly. My wife suggested that I should say something about shouting it from mountaintops, and that ended up in the third verse. It only took about 20 minutes to write the lyrics. Afterwards my wife and I went for a walk, letting the song ruminate in our minds.”

The song has a simple but powerful message that reminds of us the words of Jesus in the Great Commission. “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations.” {Matthew 28}

The song soon took on a life all it’s own. Kaiser continues, “I am always amazed how the Lord can take a little song and use it to reach so many people. It has been sung at countless weddings and funerals, at ordination services, by the Sea of Galilee, in Zimbabwe and in Zambia, on the aircraft carrier Enterprise, and lots of camps.”

Pass It On gained a larger audience when it was published in the hymnals Hymns for the Living Church {1974} and Hymns for the Family of God {1976}. Since then it has been published in numerous other hymnals.

The easyalphanote version can be downloaded here. The lyrics are below. Enjoy!

It only takes a spark to get a fire going
And soon all those around can warm up to its glowing
That’s how it is with God’s love
Once you’ve experienced it
You spread your love to everyone
You want to pass it on

What a wondrous time is spring when all the trees are budding
The birds begin to sing, the flowers start their blooming
That’s how it is with God’s love
Once you’ve experienced it
You want to sing, it’s fresh like spring
You want to pass it on

I wish for you my friend, this happiness that I’ve found
You can come join in, it matters not where you’re bound
I’ll shout it from the mountain tops
I want the world to know
The joy of friends has come to me
I want to pass it on