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Thread #169901   Message #4113593
Posted By: russell_aminzade
17-Jul-21 - 06:03 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Elsie Gawler's 'Dont Forget to Sing'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Elsie Gawler's 'Dont Forget to Sing'
Well, no word from Elsie Galwer herself, but I don't think that I'm violating anything by posting the lyrics here for others to learn:

Don't Forget to Sing - Elsie Gawler

Looking on in the mirror of my time
what makes this being
this being that I call mine
layer on layer and complex as a rose
oh but there's one thing I know deep inside these bones:
It's

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Don’t forget to sing Oh La-de-da-de-da
I’ll remind you if you remind me.
For the winter is long, but song will keep us on
keeping us on are the ones of feather, blood and bones
my friend Your kinship will keep me a-singin

Gather round on the darkest day of the year
and light a fire keep it lit we all are here
bow and string
knowing fingers draw a tune
we'll raise our voices
and we'll sing to the rising moon
and

Chorus

outside my window
sun dances on the leaves
If I'm that tree, well then
my friends you are the light
without you oh I would surely fall
I bow my branches in thanks to you all
and ...

Chorus