Hold On from The Secret Garden (Simon & Norman)

Hold On from The Secret Garden
Music by Lucy Simon, b. 1943
Lyrics by Marsha Norman, b.1947

Score source: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/...

Rachel Velarde, mezzo-soprano
Luis Rodriguez-Morales, piano

Lucy Simon began her professional career at the age of sixteen singing folk tunes with sister Carly and later folk-rock. Simon made her Broadway debut as the composer of The Secret Garden , for which she was nominated for a 1991 Tony Award for Best Original Score and a 1991 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music. She also wrote songs for the Off-Broadway show A...My Name is Alice. She composed the music for a musical version of the Russian novel Doctor Zhivago, with lyricists Michael Korie and Amy Powers and book writer Michael Weller. The musical had its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhoue, San Diego, California, in May 2006.
https://www.eamdc.com/composers/lucy-...

Marsha Norman is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play 'night, Mother. She wrote the book and lyrics for such Broadway musicals as The Secret Garden, for which she won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and The Red Shoes, as well as the libretto for the musical The Color Purple. She wrote the book for the musical The Bridges of Madison County. She is co-chair of the playwriting department at The Juilliard School.
https://stageagent.com/writers/1370/m...
 
Hold On

What you've got to do is
Finish what you have begun,
I don't know just how,
But it's not over 'til you've won!

When you see the storm is coming,
See the lightning part the skies,
It's too late to run-
There's terror in your eyes!
What you do then is remember
This old thing you heard me say:
"It's the storm, not you,
That's bound to blow away."

Hold on,
Hold on to someone standing by.
Hold on.
Don't even ask how long or why!
Child, hold on to what you know is true,
Hold on 'til you get through.
Child, oh child!
Hold on!

When you feel your heart is poundin',
Fear a devil's at your door.
There's no place to hide-
You're frozen to the floor!
What you do then is you force yourself
To wake up, and you say:
"It's this dream, not me,
that's bound to go away."

Hold on,
Hold on, the night will soon be by.
Hold on,
Until there's nothing left to try.
Child, hold on, There's angels on their way!
Hold on and hear them say,
"Child, oh child!"

And it doesn't even matter
If the danger and the doom
Come from up above or down below,
Or just come flying
At you from across the room!

When you see a man who's raging,
And he's jealous and he fears
That you've walked through walls
He's hid behind for years.

What you do then is you tell yourself to wait it out
And say it's this day, not me,
That's bound to go away.

Child, oh hold on.
It's this day, not you,
That's bound to go away!

The Women Sing!
A recital honoring the NATS 2020-2021 celebration of women composers.
Presented during the the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Cal Western Region Conference
January 17, 2021

Rachel Velarde, mezzo-soprano
Luis Rodriguez-Morales, piano
Recorded January 9, 2021 at Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
Videography and editing by Maya James, https://mayapapayapictures.com/