"All of those who have come before me, band together and be my guide"

"...we'll discover, all of the gifts we've been given to share Have been with us since life's beginning and we never noticed they were there"

These are the two lines that grab me; strike me as unique in songdom. (And if you have other examples, please steer me there. As I said, I like them.)

At music last night they were talking about this song. I haven't heard it, but evidently it leaves a strong impression on some.

As for the 'under the Big Dipper', since it's not a rhyming phrase, I would insert anything I wanted to that said what I wanted to.

On the other hand, is singing it the way it was written any more bizarre than hearing frail little women singing lustily about how they overpowered and slaughtered faithless wives and lovers? :)