To hear the music (without words), go to Welcome to Sir Launcelot's archive of nifty MIDI files and click on "'Seeds Grow To Plants' - Sir John Rutter."EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
SEEDS BECOME PLANT, HOW? ADD-TO LITTLE-BIT WATER.
BOY BECOME MAN, HOW? ADD-TO LITTLE-BIT TIME.
STREET BECOME HIGHWAY, HOW? ADD-TO LITTLE-BIT ENTHUSIASM.
BE-PATIENT, CALM-DOWN, EVERYTHING ALRIGHT WILL.
PLANT BECOME TREE, HOW? ADD-TO LITTLE-BIT SUNSHINE.
CHILDREN BECOME NATION, HOW? ADD-TO LITTLE-BIT HOPE.
TWO-LANE BECOME FOUR-LANE, HOW? ADD-TO LITTLE-BIT KNOW-HOW.
BE-PATIENT, CALM-DOWN, EVERYTHING ALRIGHT WILL.
LIKE++ BECOME LOVE, HOW? ADD-TO LITTLE-BIT UNDERSTANDING.
HOPE BECOME FAITH, HOW? ADD-TO LITTLE-BIT TRUST.
WE WANT MAKE THIS COUNTRY BECOME HIS SPECIAL PLACE.
IF YOU REALLY-WANT, FAITH LEAD-TO SUCCEED.
WE WANT GROW FOLLOW SPIRIT FROM OUR ANCESTORS.
WE WANT LIVE HERE LAND OUR PARENTS MAKE.
WE WANT SPREAD THEREABOUTS OPEN.
GIFT-TO-us WHAT WE NEED AND WE WILL MAKE WORLD RIGHT.
Notes: SEEDS - [O^], PO down, FO away, moves away while closing to an [A] repeating in rows perpendicular to the chest.
CALM-DOWN - (2h)[5], POs down, FOs away, descend slightly, stop and then descend further.
TWO-LANE, FOUR-LANE - (2h)[2^] or [4^], FOs up, NDH PO > signer, DH PO away, hands move slightly in the direction the palms are facing, a few times.
KNOW-HOW - Thumb and index finger of [F], PO > signer, strikes chin once.
ANCESTORS - PARENTS + LONG-AGO.
GIFT-TO-us - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs up, nod downwards at wrist > signer to show that something is given as a gift.
Lyrics:
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To hear the music (without words), go to Welcome to Sir Launcelot's archive of nifty MIDI files and click on "'Seeds Grow To Plants' - Sir John Rutter."
