Inspiration..Incubation..Birth of A New Song!

We had our 4th 'Tunesmiths' meeting on Monday 8 Oct...it dawned on me that song-writing can often turn out to be a long-drawn and ardous process. Beginning to discover what 'brooding over a song' means. Technicalities aside, there are many other considerations..asking questions such as..is the melody too repetitive?..too complex for people remember?..are the lyrics too cliche?.. should it be past tense, present tense or past participle??? To be honest, it's already quite an effort coming up with one verse, what more TWO!!! Ha ha ha ha...and of course, we must try to maximise the use of such promising chords..sustained 4th..augmented 5th..diminished 7th..plus the 2nd, 6th, 9th, 11th and 13th notes..

And finally..VERY IMPORTANTLY..the whole debate about whose baby it was?..should it be 'a baby's born, a cry was heard'..which came first..the chicken or the egg??? You go and figure this one out..ha ha ha!

"A cry was heard, a baby's born

Bringing hope for tomorrow

A mother's care, a father's love

Against all fears and sorrows

But could they smile upon their little child

Knowing He would die THAT day

Gave His life to set me free"