Beijing Trio Suite (2 of 3)

II. Max: drums

I never knew that drums
could sing that way

– til there was you.

Ancestors making their
talking drums sing

through your strong, gentle hands

(be smiling as they look upon you.)

Time
that I heard the melody of drums.
Time that I heard

the melody

of drums.

Like an answer
to my drum,
talking,
sending messages
to the village
just over the hill, to the
village
just past
the river.

Tat
rata tat tat tat
sis BAH, sis BAH
boom, boom, BOOM,
M«BOOM.
Boom, boom, BOOM,
M«BOOM.
Tata, tata; tata, tata.
Sis, sis, sis, BOING!
Sis, sis, sis, BOING!
Wata, wata; BOOM, sisa bah, sisa bah.
Ba boom, wata, wata, sis, sis, sis

BA BOOOOM!!!!

Beijing Trio3 - Piano