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Lady Icicle
Martha Hill Duncan
voice, piano

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(performed by Elizabeth McDonald, soprano; Kathryn Tremills, piano)

$3.50 for 2 copies of the song

Notes:

For the frost has come and found her, With an ermine robe around her
Where little Lady Icicle lies dreaming in the snow.
            E. Pauline Johnson (1862-1913)

Scoops, slides, tremolos, and rapid changes of mood and tempo characterize this colorful story of "Lady Icicle"–– a perfect opportunity for singers at all levels, to let their personality shine through. 

An a cappella SSSSAA version of "Lady Icicle" is also available through Graphite Publishing under Songs of Tekahionwake.

Text:

Little Lady Icicle is dreaming in the north-land
And gleaming in the north-land, her pillow all a-glow;
For the frost has come and found her
With an ermine robe around her
Where little Lady Icicle lies dreaming in the snow.

Little Lady Icicle is waking in the north-land,
And shaking in the north-land her pillow to and fro;
And the hurricane a-skirling
Sends the feathers all a-whirling
Where little Lady Icicle is waking in the snow.

Little Lady Icicle is laughing in the north-land,
And quaffing in the north-land her wines that overflow;
All the lakes and rivers crusting
That her finger-tips are dusting,
Where little Lady Icicle is laughing in the snow.

Little Lady Icicle is singing in the north-land,
And bringing from the north-land a music wild and low;
And the fairies watch and listen
Where her silver slippers glisten,
As little Lady Icicle goes singing through the snow.

Little Lady Icicle is coming from the north-land,
Benumbing all the north-land where’er her feet may go;
With a fringe of frost before her
And a crystal garment o’er her,
Little Lady Icicle is coming with the snow.

- E. Pauline Johnson (1862-1913)

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