TONY O'MALLEY: Music
SOUL OF THE LAND
May 26, 2008
Tony O'Malley/Nana Kalendadze
This song was first inspired by my family's love of Georgia and the incredibly musical Georgians, who love to sing about their country and its cities!
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ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE TASTED THE FRUIT
TELL A TALE OF NO SUBSTITUTE
OF A COUNTRY WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE SO GRAND
AND WHERE MUSIC IS THE SOUL OF THE LAND
NEVER WANNA LEAVE THIS COUNTRY THAT I LOVE
WHERE STRANGERS ARE A GIFT FROM ABOVE
WANNA TELL THE WORLD AIN'T NOTHING QUITE SO GRAND
AS STANDING HERE ON GEORGIA'S SACRED LAND!
HOW CAN I TEAR MYSELF AWAY?
WHEN I FEEL SO GOOD WITH MY FRIENDS EVERY DAY
GOT TO SING OF GEORGIA LOUD AND PROUD
SAKARTVELO! (GEORGIA)
A SILVER LINING BEHIND THE DARKEST CLOUD...
SHEN GIMGHERI SHENTAN KOPNIT VAMAKOB
GULI SHENI SIKVARULIT MEVSEBA
UPLIS KURT KHEULO KVEKANA
METS SHENIM ZE MEYARLESEBA
AK SIMGERIT TENDEBA
GRUBELSATS KHI VERTS KHLIS PERI EDEBA
DI ILOTSOS SHENIMZE DA MTVAREO
SAKARTVELO!
TURPA MKHAREO!
SAKARTVELO TURPA MKHAREO!