Download here: Four Perfect Pebbles Song on Powerpoint
The above PowerPoint Presentation of the Four Perfect Pebbles song was created by Erin Menconi, Media Specialist, Timber Ridge Middle School, Plainfield, Illinois.
Many thanks, Erin!
The Four Perfect Pebbles song was written by John Holt several years ago, and sung by (then) eleven-year-old Lyric Ackelson. The song Four Perfect Pebbles is one of several in a two act musical written by John Holt.
SHEET MUSIC: for String Orchestra and Choir
Arranged by Don Fantozzi, Music Director of Avon Middle School, Connecticut,
and by Tom Kawiecki, who coordinated the students’ performance.
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Four Perfect Pebbles in my hand
Some made of granite, some of sand.
Found in this dark and desolate land
Four Perfect Pebbles in my hand.
Mother comforts Albert and me
Father shields us from misery.
No parent’s love can ever erase
This sad and forgotten, lonely place.
Four Perfect Pebbles do I see
One for each member of my family.
I’ll hold them tight, I will not cry
All will live, no one will die.
If I should lose my precious stones
My secret hiding place will reveal
More perfect pebbles far beneath
These barracks made of wood and steel.
Four Perfect Pebbles do I see
Mother, Father, Albert and me
I count them over one by one
I fall fast asleep, my work…is…done.
Click above to listen to the title song
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John Holt June 2005
Sung by Lyric Ackelson
Other Performances:
- 325 students singing at Walnut Creek Middle School, Fairview, PA
- Orchestra, chorus & dancers at Avon Middle School, CT