At age six Kaylee could barely talk or communicate because she has autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Then she went to Killard House and discovered the magic of music. Listen as she sings from her heart to your soul.
Kaylee Rogers 'Hallelujah' Video
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One of the best feel-good stories of recent times, in which the highs and lows have cancelled each other out, is the remarkable story of the ten-year old Irish Lass from Northern Ireland, Kaylee Rogers. It seems the parent of a school friend quietly slipped into the viral world a recording from a Special Needs choir performance at the school last Christmas that stunned the world.
There are so many amazing aspects of this story.
First there is the incredible singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen from Canada who wrote an amazing Jewish song, 'Hallelujah.' Cohen died a little over two years ago, November 7, 2016, a month before the ten-year old first performed her version of Hallelujah in concert.
Cohen released his song 'Hallelujah' in 1984 and slowly it became popular, until 1991 when the first of 300 other artists released a version of the Cohen sleeper, and it became a monster hit. The song was voted one of the top 50 songs of the 1960’s and the 20th Century and Cohen’s YouTube version has logged over 100 million views.
Then the lyrics of the magical Cohen composition were changed from a Jewish to Christian song, and the result was even greater magic. The altered lyrics were originally devised by a Christian rock band called Cloverton in 2014, who had their video taken down on YouTube due to a copyright infringement claim by Sony. However, the lyrics are now being used to cover the song by the choir and Kaylee, and a good thing too.
Kaylee Rogers, then a ten-year old Special Needs student from Northern Ireland, has autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. She could barely talk or communicate at age six when she began attending the Killard House Special Needs school in Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland.
She began singing as a way to build her confidence. In barely a year over 7.2 million people have seen the video though no CD was made, it was just a school concert after all.
As reported at the time:
"When she took to the stage in her Killard House uniform an amazed silence engulfed the room. The next four-and-a-half minutes were pure magic as she sang beautifully to an entranced audience and brought grown men to tears."
We salute Kaylee Rogers for her courage in fighting autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and battling her way back from the silence in the tomb of autism. What an amazing profile in courage and determination.
To then go and have the strength and courage to sing the lead part in a school Christmas concert last year, which thanks to the Internet and YouTube have been seen by over 7.2 million people, is simply astonishing.
Just two years later here is Kaylee again performing the same song. Please listen to her magical performance. The Kaylee lyrics follow since few people know there is a new version of the song. Please double click the screen for a full screen version.
Just two years later here is Kaylee again performing the same song. Please listen to her magical performance. The Kaylee lyrics follow since few people know there is a new version of the song. Please double click the screen for a full screen version.
Now, I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing hallelujah
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken hallelujah
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken hallelujah
Source: Musixmatch
1 comment:
Amazing grace
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