<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">One of my
very first records (1958?) was Paul Barbarin's 33 RPM Jazztone EP with LILY OF
THE VALLEY (for unknown reason spelled LILIES…) In </span>2007 w<span style="font-size:11pt">hen the Gota River Jazzmen planned a CD of religious music, I found that this particular song has an
interesting and partly unexplored background. Now, after twelve years, I plan
to report my research in book form, provided that there is so much interest
that it can be carried out economically.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">I describe
the origin of the biblical expression "Lily of the Valley" which is
taken from the Song of Songs, from the beginning probably a love poem with
erotic content, which later received a religious interpretation. In verse 2: 2,
the sulamitic girl says "I am the lily of the valleys", but in the
New Orleans song and in spirituals we sing "He's the Lily ...". This
mystery and much more, I try to find out in the book. Anyone who is interested
in religious music will surely recognize several of the mentioned lyrics and
melodies. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">The primary
purpose of the book is to find the
origins of Barbarin's New Orleans version, influences from previous songs,
various text and melody variations and much more. The book contains a
discography of bands that recorded "Lily" and a special section with
all Barbarin's variations.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">If you
search for "Lily of the Valley" on the Internet, you get more than 13
million (!) hits in many different areas, not just musical or religious. I describe
several of these. There will be many exciting excursions in different
directions!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Contents:</span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">1. Jazz and religion</span> </p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">2. Song of
Songs</span> </p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">3. Lily of the Valley, Rose of Sharon – She or he? Bride or Bridegroom?)</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">4. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">Which flower? Lily, Rose, crocus, tulip?</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">5. Biblical symbols and expressions in spirituals, gospels and other
religious songs</span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Lily of the valley
</span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Rose of Sharon </span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">The sweetest flower </span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Bright and Morning Star </span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Fairest of ten thousand </span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">He´s my mother and my father, sister and brother </span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Bride-Bridegroom</span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Friend</span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Shepherd</span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">6. Lily of the Valley<span style="color:black"> </span>–possible origins of Paul Barbarin’ Jazz version)</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Louis Dumaine: Red Onion Drag </span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">F. W. McGee: Everybody Don´t Know Who Jesus Is</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">O Happy Day </span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">How Dry I Am </span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Where Will You Spend Eternity? (<span style="color:navy">I Evighet) </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Every Moment of the Day </span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Everybody Ought To Know</span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">What a Friend We Have in Jesus </span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">I Have Found
a Friend in Jesus</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">7. Lily of the Valley Chords, melody, lyrics,
different versions</span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">8. Discography Lily of the Valley* </span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">9. Lilies and roses in
other songs)</span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">10. Profane lilies</span> </p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">11. </span></font><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Literary Lilies and
Roses, facts and fiction, movies)</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10pt"> </span></p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">12. Other lilies, without any biblical or
musical connection)</span> </p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">13. Bibliography</span> </p><p class="gmail-Standard" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">14. Tune index </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">15. Person index</span><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">The price
is estimated at USD 20-25 plus postage, depending on the number of interested
buyers. Text in Swedish and English, about 150 pages with many color images.
Same format as my previous books (Down by the Riverside, Jazz at Vespers, Alton Purnell Discography), 276x210 mm.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Planned
release early 2020.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>If you are
interested in taking part in this excursion among lilies and roses - send an email with
name and address (no money!) to <a href="mailto:gotariver@gmail.com" target="_blank">gotariver@gmail.com</a>.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">I wish you a
fine summer! Ingemar Wågerman Prästgårdsängen 8, 41271 GOTHENBURG SWEDEN</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">PS Gota
River Jazzmen will play in two Swedish churches this summer: Stora Lundby
church (Gråbo) Sunday, June 16th at 7 pm and Öckerö church Tuesday, July 2 at 19. At both concerts
we will play Lily of the Valley. </span></p></div>