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This entry made: 01/13/2000
Title: The Earth is Our Mother
Lyrics by: traditional Native American
Tune: traditional
Date:
Source: http://www.earthspirit.com/mtongue/chtlib/chtlifr.html
Recorded on: "The Circle Is Cast," Libana, 1986 (P.O. Box 2058 Amherst, Massachusetts 01004); "Songs of the Sacred Wheel," Earth Dance Singers (17832 Carriger Rd, Sonoma, CA 95476)
Subject:
The Earth is our mother, we must take care of her (2x)
Chorus: Hey yana, ho yana, hey yan yan,
Hey yana, ho yana, hey yan yan.
Her sacred ground we walk upon, with every step we take (2x)
The Earth is our mother, she will take care of us (2x)
(Additional verses):
The Sky is our father, we must take care of him (2x)
The Rivers are our sisters, we must take care of them (2x)
The Trees are our brothers, we must take care of them (2x)
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