Cabin Crew

Below is the music to a song I wrote based on a poem by Langston Hughes called "Carolina Cabin."
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Here's the poem:

There’s hanging moss
And holly
And tall straight pine
About this little cabin
In the wood.
 
Inside
A crackling fire,
Warm red wine,
And youth and life
And laughter
That is good.
 
Outside
The world is gloomy,
The winds of winter cold,
As down the road
A wandering poet
Must roam.
 
But here there’s peace
And laughter
And love’s old story told –
Where two people
Make a home.

​Here are the lyrics I arranged based on the poem:

There’s hanging moss 
And holly 
And one, tall straight pine 
About this little cabin 
In the wood. 
 
          And here there’s peace 
          And laughter 
          And love’s old story told— 
          Where two, two people 
          Make a home. 
          Where two, two people 
          Make a home. 
 
Inside 
A crackling fire, 
And kindness and warmth 
About this little cabin 
That is good. 
 
          And here there’s peace 
          And laughter 
          And love’s old story told— 
          Where two, two people 
          Make a home. 
          Where two, two people 
          Make a home. 
 
Outside 
The gloomy winds 
Of winter are cold, 
Where one wandering poet 
Must roam. 
 
          And here there’s peace 
          And laughter 
          And love’s old story told— 
          Where two, two people 
          Make a home. 
          Where two, two people 
          Make a home.  

A few things to note:

* The introduction = measures 1 through 8.
* The next 8 measures are music only before the vocals start --  an octave higher than the vocal part.  This music-only section repeats each time before the vocals.
* Measures 17 and 18 have a slightly different rhythm in the second & third repeats -- as noted in the insert shown at the bottom of the page.
* The first and second endings finish with a C major chord; however, the third ending concludes with an A minor cord to suggest a hint of melancholy.  I have my reasons.  : )

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