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Titolo: MUSICA: Canzones di Wookiee Life Day (Biglietto di La Vita di gli Wookies))

 Spoken Prologue by Princess Leia:  "This holiday is yours but, we all share
with you the hope that this day brings us closer to freedom, and to harmony,
and to peace. No matter how different we appear, we're all the same in our
struggle against the powers of evil and darkness. I hope that this day will
always be a day of joy in which we can reconfirm our dedication and our
courage. And more than anything else, our love for one another. This is the
promise of the Tree of Life."
We celebrate a day of peace,
   a day of harmony,
      a day of joy we can all share together joyously;
         a day that takes us through the darkness,
            a day that leads us into might,
               a day that makes us want to celebrate the light;
                  a day that brings the promise that one day
                     we'll be free to live,
                        to laugh,
                           to dream,
                              to grow,
                                 to trust,
                                    to love,
                                       to be.
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   The following are sample Life Day-theme filksongs from my filksongbook in
progress entitled "Filksongs of Known Space & Time." These samples are for free
distribution only by genuinely non-profit media which do not accept any form of
payment for access or compensated advertising or underwriting. (Others may
inquire for reprint permission via U.S. mail to James King; 1223 North 18th
Street; Box 492; Monroe, Louisiana 71201.)
" L I F E   D A Y   (CHEWY, PLEASE COME HOME!) "
The Nostalgic Holiday Lament of Mallatobuck, Chewbacca's Wookiee Fiancee on
Kashyyyk
(C) Copyright 1998 by James W. King; All Rights Reserved.
[Sung to the tune of "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home!)"
by Darlene Love, which is also performed yearly on Late Night with David
Letterman right before Christmas; also performed by U2.]
{Note:  As depicted in the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, Wookiees wear long,
red robes and each carry a small glass globe for Life Day ceremonies. The song
is set during the time prior to Book Three, "Rebel Dawn," of Anne C. Crispin's
outstanding Han Solo Trilogy.}
(Life Day__ !)
Wearin' my red robes_ ,   (Life Day__ !)
    I'm thinkin' of you_   (Life Day__ !)
        as I stare into my globe_ :   (Life Day__ !)
            Woncha please fly home_ !   (Life Day__ !)
The Wroshyrs on high_   (Life Day__ !)
    sway in time to windsong_ ;  (Life Day__ !)
        How they seem to sigh_ ,   (Life Day__ !)
            "Chewy, please come home_ !"
We're singing festive songs_
    but it's not like Life Day at all_ ;
I recall last when you were here ---
   It's been something like fifty years!
(Life Day__ !)
Starlight beams through the trees_ ;   (Life Day__ !)
It's makin' me pine_ ,   (Life Day__ !)
    "You should be here with me_ !   (Life Day__ !)
        Chewy, please come home_ !
            Come home!". . . .
We're singing festive songs_
    but's it's not like Life Day at all_ ;
I recall last when you were here_
   and all the fun we had that year_ !
(Life Day__ !)
If there was a way_ ,   (Life Day__ !)
    I'd hold back these tears_ ;   (Life Day__ !)
But oh, it's Life Day_ !   (Please_ !)
Please_ !   (Please_ !)
Please_ !   (Please!)
Please!   (Please!)
Please!   (Please!)
Please!   (Please!)
Please!   (Please!)
Chewy, please come home_ !      (Life Day__ !)
Chewy, please come home__ !   (Life Day__ !)
Chewy, please come home__ !   (Life Day__ !)
Chewy, please come home_ !   (Life Day__ !)
Oh yeah_ , yeah, yeah, yeah__ !    (Life Day__ !)
I miss you_ ! I need you_ !   (Life Day__ !)
Chewy, please come home__ !   (Life Day__ !)
Chewy, please come home_ !   (Life Day__ !)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah_ !    (Life Day__ !)
Chewy, please come home_ !   (Life Day__ !)
Chewy, woncha please fly home_!   (Life Day__ !)
Chewy, please come home_!   (Life Day__ !)
Oh_ yeah_ , yeah, yeah_ yeah___ !    (Life Day__ !)
Oh__ yeah______ !   (Life__ Day______ !)
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    --- Wroshyrs (pronounced "ROH-shers") = The giant multi-mile-high trees of
Chewbacca's home planet of Kashyyyk
    --- To pine = to yearn intensely and persistently, especially for something
unattainable
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"I'M DREAMING OF A GREEN* LIFE  DAY"
Chewbacca's Nostalgic Holiday Lament
[*Green as in his home planet, the green forest-covered world of Kashyyyk]
(C) Copyright 1998 by James W. King; All Rights Reserved.
(Sung to the tune of Irving Berlin's classic Christmas song "White Christmas")
[Note: This filksong is based on the complete version of "White Christmas"
which included the prelude: "The sun is shining, the grass is green / The
orange and palm trees sway;  / I've never seen such a day / in Beverly Hills,
L.A. / But it's December the twenty-fourth / And I am longing to be up north,"
and then it goes into:  "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas...." The song is set
between ANH and TESB.]
Though skies are cloudy, the snow has bite_
    and howling winds cut a swath_ ,
        you'll never find me a sloth_
            at the Rebel Base on Hoth_ .
But for some fifty fears have I roamed_
    and I am longing to go back home__ . . . .
I'm_ dreaming of a green_ Life Day_
    just like the ones we used to know___
        where wroshyr tops glisten_
            and Wook cubs listen_
                to hear__ tales of long ago___ .
I'm_ dreaming of a green_ Life Day_
    at each port of call I wend__ ;
May the Force_ be_ with you_ , My Friend__ ,
    and return_ me_ to Kashyyyk_ a-gain__!
I'm_ dreaming of a green_ Life Day_
    just like the ones we used to know___
        with quillarat tenders_ ,
            and verdant splendor_
                that extends__ levels miles below___ .
I'm_ dreaming of a green_ Life Day_
    at each port of call I wend__ ;
May the Force_ be_ with you_ , My Friend__ ,
    and bring me_ back_ to Kashyyyk_ a-gain__!
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    --- "The snow has bite" = The snow is exceptionally biting cold.
    --- "You'll never find me a sloth" = You'll never find me disinclined to
labor or action and/or spiritually apethetic.
    --- Wroshyr (pronounced "ROH-sher") = The giant multi-mile-high trees of
Chewbacca's home planet of Kashyyyk (pronounced "Kah-SHEEK")
    --- To wend = to travel; to direct one's course
    --- Quillarat = A smallish creature native to Kashyyyk that stands only
half a meter high (19.5 inches tall) and is reclusive and hard to find because
its natural mottled brownish-green color tends to camouflage it against the
surrounding brush found below the fifth of the seven arboreal levels of the
towering forest-covered planet. The quillarat has a distinctive, enticing odor
and long, needle-sharp quills that cover most of its body that it can hurl at
predators and Wookiee hunters. "Quillarat tenders" are its entrails which, raw
or cooked, are considered Wookiee delicacies. [Info cited from "Rebel Dawn,"
Book Three of A.C. Crispin's "Han Solo Trilogy" from Bantam/Spectra Books.]
    --- Verdant = Resplendently green growing with plants, trees and other
flora
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" M Y   W O O K I E E   L I F E   D A Y   L I S T "
Mallatobuck's Holiday Wish List from the Heart
(C) Copyright 1998 by James W. King; All Rights Reserved.
(Sung to the tune of "My Grown-Up Christmas List" by Amy Grant from her
Christmas album)
[Mallatobuck addressing her long-absent Chewbacca in her heart and mind.]
Do you remember me_?
It was up in this tree_
    I shared with you my childhood fantasies__ .
Well, I'm all grown up now_ ;
Can you still help somehow_ ?
True, we're apart,
   but Love's our go-between__ .
So here's my lifelong wish_ ,
   my grown-up Life Day list_ ,
       not for myself
           but for this galaxy___ :
No_ more_ worlds_ rent apart_
    and Hate would just depart_
        and Love would fill all hearts___ .
And ev'ry sentient'd have a friend_
     and Right would somehow win_
            and war would finally end____ .
This is my Wookiee Life Day List___ . . . .
As cubbies we believed
    no grander sight to see
       was us in our robes singing 'neath the trees__ .
But the Force surely knows_
    that our red robes and globes_
        can never heal a hurting sentient soul__ .
No_ more_ worlds_ rent apart_
    and Hate would just depart_
        and Love would fill all hearts____ !
And ev'ry sentient'd have a friend_
     and Right would somehow win_
            and war would finally end____ !
Oh_ , this is my grown-up Life Day List;
This is my only lifelong wish_ .
This is my Wookiee Life_ Day__ List____ .
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    --- Rent = the past tense of to rend, to split or tear apart or in pieces
by violence
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"I ' L L   B E   H O M E   F O R   L I F E    D A Y "
Chewbacca's Dream for the Holidays
(C) Copyright 1998 by James W. King; All Rights Reserved
[Sung to the tune of the Christmas carol "I'll Be Home for Christmas"]
I'll_ be home_ for Life_ Day_ ;
   You_ can count_ on me__ ;
Please_ have globes_ and my red robes_
    waitin' in_ our home tree__ .
Life_ Day Eve_ will find me_
   safe_ , unchained_ and freed__ ;
I'll_ be home_ for Life_ Day_
   at mach_ two_ past_ light-speed__ !
(Repeat entire song.)
I'll_ be home_ for Life_ Day_
   at mach_ two_ past_ light-speed____ !
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    H A P P Y    L I F E   D A Y ,
        T H A N K S G I V I N G ,
            C H A N U K A H ,
                C H R I S T M A S ,
                    and   K W A N Z A A !
-- James King

    I've made a correction to the lyrics of the following song by substituting
"point-five" (as in ".5") for "Warp Nine" in the last line of song.
   Why?
    I belatedly recalled (at last) the line that Han Solo said after Luke at
first glance called the Millenium Falcon "a piece of junk."  Said Solo in part,
"She'll make point-five past lightspeed."
"I ' L L   B E   H O M E   F O R   L I F E    D A Y "    (Corrected Version)
Chewbacca's Dream for the Holidays
(C) Copyright 1998 by James W. King; All Rights Reserved
[Sung to the tune of the Christmas carol "I'll Be Home for Christmas"]
I'll_ be home_ for Life_ Day_ ;
   You_ can count_ on me__ ;
Please_ have globes_ and my red robes_
    waitin' in_ our home tree__ .
Life_ Day Eve_ will find me_
   safe_ , unchained_ and freed__ ;
I'll_ be home_ for Life_ Day_
   at point_ -five_ past_ light-speed__ !
(Repeat entire song.)
I'll_ be home_ for Life_ Day_
   at point_ -five_ past_ light-speed____ !
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-- James King