The Little Review Song
“Searching Truth in My Heart” is the title of an article, Awna Teixeira wrote about her song The Little Review. Awna is a Portuguese-Canadian singer based in Utah. For almost 9 years, Awna lived in Victoria and Vancouver and played in the Canadian folk music band “Po”Gir”l. In 2012, she released her solo album, Where the Darkness Goes. One of the songs is inspired by Janusz Korczak, his staff and children. As she says in the article referenced below: “Inspired also by being reminded, that no matter what is going on around you, it is what is inside your heart that matters most. What your own voice is telling you.”
You can also listen to her beautiful song below.
The Little Review
By Awna Teixeira (reprinted with permission)
One by one they all file into the street
Take your hand and you show them the way
Dressed up fine in their summer best
Packed up little dreams for the road for the road
Rivers running the sun is high above
Running free on the forest floor
One by one meadows fill with flowers
Running free and you show them the way
Leave behind all these crumbling walls
Leave behind all the sadness and sorrow
beaming hearts singing all through the streets
One by one little kings and little queens
Chorus
Precious wonders take you away
Follow your heart let them take you away
Imagine blue skies know no clouds
Imagine sunlight in the heart of everyone
Imagine stories your future can hold
Packed up little dreams for the road for the road
One by one they all hold their heads high
Take your hand and you show them the way
Smiling wide as they walk through the streets
One by one little kings and little queens
Chorus
Precious wonders take you away
follow your heart let them take you away
You can find Awna’s full article in a newsletter from the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada on pages 144-147 here.
Check Awna’s website at hazytales.me or email her at hazytales@gmail.com.
Korczak Musical by Chris Williams
World Premiere in English, August 2011, Rose Theater Kingston, London and Polish Premiere September 2012 in Polish
To learn more about this incredible production, visit KorczakMusical.com (in Polish).