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Joan Baez sings 'Rejoice In The Sun'. This song is one of two songs she sings on the soundtrack of the 1972 film 'Silent Running'. The song lyrics are in the video and listed below with some notes about the song. [CD/Lyrics/15-Images] Rejoice In The Sun Singer - Joan Baez Fields of children running wild In the sun Like a forest is your child, growing wild In the sun Doomed in his innocence In the sun Gather your children to your side In the sun Tell them all they love will die Tell them why In the Sun Tell them it's not too late Cultivate, one by one Tell them to harvest and rejoice In the sun Songwriters: Peter Schickele (Music), Diane Lampert (Lyrics) © Leeds Music Corp. [Lyrics from ] Wikipedia states: Silent Running is a 1972 environmental-themed American post-apocalyptic science fiction film the directorial debut of Douglas Trumbull, and stars Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin and Jesse Vint. The soundtrack was written by bassoonist and P. D. Q. Bach creator Peter Schickele. It contains two songs written by Schickele and Diane Lampert -“Silent Running“ and “Rejoice in the Sun“ - which were performed by popular folk singer-songwriter Joan Baez. The two songs were issued as a single on Decca (32890). In addition, an LP was released on Decca in 1972 (DL 7-9188) and later reissued by Varese Sarabande on black (STV-81072) and green (VC-81072) vinyl. In 1998, a limited-release CD by the “Valley Forge Record Groupe“ included an additional track with the spoken introduction “God Bless These Gardens“. A CD with audio restoration was released in 2016 by Intrada, Special Collection Volume 369.
