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Thread #88686 Message #1665410
Posted By: itsRena
09-Feb-06 - 03:21 PM
Thread Name: Origins:/ADD: Above a Plain / Swiftly Flowing Labe
Subject: Origins: Lyr Req: Above a plain??
Another one of my favorites is what I remember calling 'Above a Plain'
I just signed up as a member yesterday after reading through all the 'Old Girl Scout Songs' thread. All the information has been very helpful with the song research that I'm doing. I'm not a girl scout but a 1960's campfire girl from Camp Nawakwa in So. Cal. As a [I went by 'Sam'] campfire girl I see that we all love & sing many of the same songs.
Here is how I sing it:
Above a a plain of golden and green
a young boy's head is planely seen
Awh, who-yah-who-yah-who-yah-yah
swiftly flowing water
Awh, who-yah-who-yah-who-yah-yah
swiftly flowing water (la-beh-e) sp?
But notice not his lifted head
'tis Ifka's castle spire instead
Awh, who-yah-who-yah-who-yah-yah
swiftly flowing water
Awh, who-yah-who-yah-who-yah-yah
swiftly flowing water (la-beh-e)sp?
---I sing it in rounds---
Thanks again for your help!
rena