I am so excited to find this site!!! Right now I am looking for the words to a song I learned as a child. The first line is "Go my son, go and climb the ladder" and the last verse goes:

Upon the ladder of an education,
You can work to help your Indian Nation,
Then reach, my son,
And bring your people up with you.

It is a simple song, but it would mean a lot to me to be able to sing it again. I have been learning and collecting folk music all of my life, and I am so happy to know so many others are trying to preserve this incredibly important part of our history.

In case anyone is interested, I play the flute (well), the recorder (sort-a well) and the piano (badly). I also have an autoharp, but could really use some help with it to get it past just cording and strumming.
Keep a song in your heart - Lilly