Name: Daughters Day
Duration: P00H02M41S
Description: This is a song I was commissioned to write in 2011 by Canadians for a Civil Society (ccsorg.ca) for the annual Daughters Day (daughters-day.com) celebration in Edmonton, an event that celebrates the lives and achievements of women and girls. I perform the song every year at the event, and finally committed it to a recording.

Daughters Day

by Paula Eve Kirman

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This is a song I was commissioned to write in 2011 by Canadians for a Civil Society (ccsorg.ca) for the annual Daughters Day (daughters-day.com) celebration in Edmonton, an event that celebrates the lives and achievements of women and girls. I perform the song every year at the event, and finally committed it to a recording.

lyrics

Stories of survival
Emerging from the darkness of fear
Begin with our arrival
A lifetime on a road led by tears

And there’s lots of joy and lots of pain
Sunshine and wind and rain
Blood flowing through our veins
With the strength and the wisdom of years

Obstacles surmounting
Overcoming them one by one
Towards freedom we are counting
And changes have already begun

When we’re writing our own history
Breaking through the mystery
Standing up for all to see
The battles that we’ve won

So here we stand before you
Daughters of all ages today
Proclaiming something so true
We’re ready and willing to say

Stand for love and not for hate
Our rights are not for debate
Join with us – it’s not too late
For we will not go away

And there’s so much we can celebrate
Here on Daughters Day

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released April 4, 2023
Written by Paula Eve Kirman

Produced by John Armstrong

Recorded at Chez Bordeaux, November 2022-February 2023:

Paula Eve Kirman: Vocals and acoustic guitar
John Armstrong: Hand percussion
Paul Steffes: Electric guitar
Michael (Mucha Bee) Belandiuk: Electric bass

Cover artwork courtesy of Canadians for a Civil Society (ccsorg.ca) and 3Techno Digital (3techno.com)

Mastered by Harry Gregg at Riverdale Recorders

Thank you to Canadians for a Civil Society for financially supporting the song production.

Dedicated in memory of my mother, Barbara Kirman, who made me the daughter I am.

(c) 2023

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Paula Eve Kirman Edmonton, Alberta

Paula Eve Kirman writes and performs music with a message.

She became interested in both music and social justice at a young age, in part due to being raised on her mother's love of 60s folk music.

For Paula, music is a way of reaching a wider audience with messages of social justice themes, as well as expressions about the complexities of life and love. ... more

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