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Thread #5721   Message #2640624
Posted By: GUEST,Indrani Ananda
25-May-09 - 02:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Land of the Silver Birch
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Land of the Silver Birch
My sister used to sing this song in the guides, and play it on her recorder. I can't tell what your tunes are, but it seemed slightly jerky with a weird timing. Anyway, this is all I can recall of it:

    Land of the Silver Birch,
    Home of the Beaver,
    Where mighty yellow Moon
    Wanders at will;
    Blue lake and rocky shore,
    I will return once more....
    I will return again.

    Here in the lowlands
    My heart will sing to you
    Under the Heaven-sky
    Silent and blue;
    Home in the Northlands,
    Swift as the wild Goose,
    I will return to you.

    Here, by the Forest,
    I'll set my wigwam,
    Under the silver Stars,
    Silent and still;
    Where mighty River flows,
    Where mighty Spirit knows......
    I will return to you.

             There are shades of Hiawatha in this song, don't you think?

                              Indrani.