1492
A song
by Nancy Schimmel (Sister's Choice)

In fourteen hundred and ninety two
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
It was a courageous thing to do,
But someone was already here.

Chorus:

The Innuit and Cherokee,
the Aztec and Menominee,
Onondaga and the Cree (clap, clap)
Columbus sailed across the sea,
But someone was already here.

Columbus knew the world was round,
So he looked for the East
while westward bound,
But he didn't find
what he thought he found,
And someone was already here.
Chorus

It isn't like it was empty space,
Caribs met him face to face.
Could anyone discover the place,
When someone was already here?
Chorus

So tell me who discovered what?
He thought he was in a different spot.
Columbus was lost,
the Caribs were not.
They were already here/
Chorus

Recorded by Sally Rogers on the CD, Rainbow Sign,(Rounder, 1992).