Sarah Binks, A Musical Tribute - Library2

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SARAH:
OTHER 3:
SARAH:
OTHER 3:
OH, IT'S TIME FOR THIS AND IT'S TIME FOR THAT,
OH, IT’S TIME FOR THIS AND IT’S TIME FOR THAT,
FOR MENDING UNENDING AND TENDING THE BRAT,
FOR MENDING UNENDING AND TENDING THE BRAT,
ALL (in a round):
AND IT'S TIME TO TURN IN AND PUT OUT THE CAT,
TOMORROW'S ANOTHER DAY.
HIEBERT: Like other writers of the wounded heart, Sarah ultimately sought
refuge in nature. This was an old theme, but somehow she elevated it to new
stature. And in her next Post-Regina publication, she managed not only to
regain her joie de vivre, but to inspire a whole new generation of
Saskatchewanians through the popular press...
MUSIC II:17 “DESPOND NOT”
HIEBERT:
SARAH:
... "Despond Not."
DESPOND NOT, THOUGH TIMES BE BALE,
AND BALEFUL BE,
THOUGH WINDS BLOW STOUT, A HURRICALE,
WHAT'S THAT, WHAT'S THAT TO YOU AND ME
DESPOND NOT, THOUGH FRENZIED FEAR,
AND PALE-LIKE HUE,
MAY WHISPER PANIC IN THE EAR,
WHAT'S THAT, WHAT'S THAT TO ME AND YOU
DESPOND NOT, FOR SHAME SUCH SPEAK,
ALOFT! ALOFT!
TUT! WHISTLE LOW, WITH PEAKERED BEAK,
SOFT, SOFT!
DESPOND NOT!
DESPOND NOT!
DESPOND NOT!
HIEBERT: The reception of this poem in 1930 out-ranked even her earlier hit,
"Spring." Prairie literature was at one of its occasional low ebbs. It had been a
drought year, and several editions of The Horsebreeder’s Gazette had appeared
without a single line of poetry. The appearance of "Despond Not" in June,
followed by a series of torrential downpours, touched forgotten chords in the
hearts of the people.
"Despond not!" Sarah Binks had cried. "Despond not!" the people of
Saskatchewan rejoined.