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Goodnight, Groddle
I think that when the game goes away, all of our little world is asleep and waits for us till we come back again.
So I wrote this lullaby. It's based on a song from my alma mater called "The Goodnight Song."
I hope it makes some of you happy too. I like thinking that Ur is gently dreaming.
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Lay your picks and scrapers down,
Catch the fading evenlight,
Butterflies rest in the fruit trees
as we sing to Ur, "good night."
Fireflies glimmer, glimmer 'round all
Shimla Mirch and back to you
Bearing sparks from all the Glitchen
Cosma, Tii and Friendly too.
To be woven in our dreaming
Good night Groddle, good night.
Listen online (added for Faereluth and anyone else)
MP3 (updated at hburger's suggestion)
Updated:
The final version, made amazing by the talented Danny Simmons
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When I read the text of the song, it didn't ring a bell, but when I heard the mp3 this morning, the melody seemed familiar. Different schools' songs are often the same melodies with new words, but I couldn't remember any lyrics to this one. I looked around for a while, and eventually found what may be the original song, printed in The Mount Holyoke, Volume 12, 1902-1903, and written by Alice Von Stein, probably a member of the class of 1905. Here it is, as a matter of historical interest:
A GOOD NIGHT SONG
Gwine tow sleep, youh lill' darky,
Cuddle down, youh sleepy head;
Buggah-man an' haunts ken't git youh
In youh lill' trundle-bed.
Jes a'cause youse brack, ma honey,
Dat's no sign dat God don' care.
Laws! He lubs us niggahs shu'ly,
He am watchin' eberywhere.
In de dark night, still an' lonely,
Brack an' white am same tow Him;
He can't see a bit ob diffrunce
'Twix' Marse Tom an' lill' Jim.
Go tow sleep, youh lill' darky,
Shet youh shiny eyes up tight,
Stars am twinklin' in de heben,
Blinkin' tow youh, "Jim, good night."
Unfortunately, only the lyrics were published, not the music. By enormous contrast, the class of 1999 published these lyrics on their web site:
Robed in sunset, curtained round
by the deep'ning even light
stands our well-loved alma-mater
while we sing our soft good night
(chorus)
night winds whisper, whisper softly
'round the world and back to you
bearing gently from your daughters
hopes and dreams and memories true
to be woven in our singing
Good night Holyoke, good night
Days of doing press upon us
days of striving for your fame
so at twilight here we gather
whisper to the winds your name
(Chorus)
IMHO, Lelu's version is clearly the best. :) The song is most likely not under copyright protection by this point, but it's hard to tell. I'll do some more research tomorrow and post whatever I find.
ETA: didn't see Yeoman's post when I posted this. I'm still trying to determine the source of the music. - Wow! That is really beautiful!
- Great idea.:)
- Aw Lelu it's so beautiful...thank you!
- Awesome work Lelu, and what a great decision by the wonderful devs to use it in game :)
- Wonderful - another reason why I love Glitch - both the game and the community :)
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Wow, Lelu. Just... no words. So beautiful.
I'm sitting here drying tears after playing the recording. - Oh, wow. As a Mount Holyoke alum (class of '06) and a total Glitch addict I have two reasons to love this! Thanks Lelu!
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i loved the trumpets.
but i love this more.
the things you miss when you go camping aren't always things worth missing : ] -
I like the trumpets, I do hope the trumpets stay,
~in fact why not have the trumpets announce the start of the Glitch Lullaby?! =) - @Tally - my younger sister Zenny was also class of '06! I wonder if there's any chance you know each other? ;) Me, class of '91. :P
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trumpets maybe could signal the start of something?
the trumpets sound a bit like the "Reveille" wake up bugle call. - Trumpets should start the racing quests!
- Congrats Lelu!!! Awesome song... and so nice for game's end <3
- @Lelu - I wonder! I was an English major, so if she took many lit classes I bet we've at least met in passing. There are a couple of other Mohos around that I know of, though I don't think they've done much more than dabble - so far, anwyay.
- Awesome awesome. Awesome all around.
- And: here's a version with some accompaniment (created by own on in-house music team, Danny).
- Awesome, of course.
- Ah gee, now I'm teary again! Words, voice, accompaniment just perfect.
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@ stoot - OMG!! I can't get this smile off of my face!
I can't wait til we get to hear it totally finished!! Just...so...awesome!! -
We all need to hug-mob Danny the next time he's spotted during a test.
Just.....wow. - This is so cute! Love it! :D But normally I don't manage to stick around late enough to catch the ending though..........
- Oh, that is wonderful! So much nicer than the trumpets! Such a lovely voice Lelu, wish I sounded that good!
- Awww... this is so beautiful... All of it: the song, the voice, the response from the staff and the community... it's heartwarming <3 <3 <3
- OMG Danny! There are no words for how amazing he is!
- That's utterly fabulous!
- This is so brilliant,like a real mother singing to her baby to sleep.just awoke for my java and wanted to go tuck myself in again,ty.
- Another vote for awesome! Beautiful, voice, words and accompaniment! Amazingly talented folks here :D
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It's easy when you have great material like this to work from Lelu! Wow, you really sang in tune from beginning to end. Again, fantastic! Strangely looking forward to the next shut-down.
Glum, any progress? - Oh my gosh, I LOVE it with the music Danny made. Wonderful. *round of applause*
- This is the best thing that I've seen happen, all week! Congrats to Lelu, and to Danny, and thank you Tiny Speck for being most awesome.
- When the game goes live 24/7 will we still have a way to hear the goodnight groddle close down song? If possible could we please have a way to end our play session hearing it.
- Beautiful! It's almost a shame the game won't have any more shutdowns once it goes live. Maybe the song will have to be added to a music cube or something.
- A music cube, yess that could work :) +1 FrankenPaula
- Music Cube!!!! Excellent idea FP!!!!!!
- L-1 Musicblock +1! :)
- So uhh...yeah.
- Did it play?
- Yeah, JB.... was looking forward to it too... next test, perhaps!
- No. Sadly. Next test, I hope.
- Oh, I guess not.
- Here's hoping for the next test!
- I am glad, because I would have missed it! Crossing fingers for next test....
- Enjoyed hearing this at tonight's shutdown :)
- I missed THAT, too? Sadness!
- Ahh Lelu and Danny you made shutdown such a sweet sad thing, it was very moving to here Goodnight Groddle at closedown last night. Congrats again. Awesome
- Aww, I missed it!
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It's a wonderful closedown song for the game. Very moving!
Congrats to Lelu & Danny for this great song. :) -
Wow!
It was 2am my time when the site shut down, so I had my speakers off and didn't get to hear it.
Fantastic work! Lelu and Danny too! :) - Brought tears to my eyes last night! Thanks, Lelu (and devs who wisely used it)!