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Thread #54414   Message #842181
Posted By: AllisonA(Animaterra)
06-Dec-02 - 06:24 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Weave and Mend (Trup/Cameron)
Subject: ADD: Weave and Mend (Trup/Cameron)
It's Weave and MEND, and my women's chorus has performed it.

WEAVE AND MEND
(Mary Trup/ Ann Cameron)

1. Old Woman is watching, watching over you;
In the darkness of the storm she is watching;
She is weaving, mending, gathering the fragments;
She is watching over you-
REFRAIN: (So)Weave and mend, weave and mend,
gather the fragments, safe within the sacred circle, sisters,
weave and mend (2x)
Old Woman, weave and mend.

2. Old Woman is weaving, gathering the threads;
Her bones become the loom, she is weaving;
She is watching, weaving, gathering the colors;
She is watching over you. REFRAIN.

3. For years I've been watching, waiting for Old Woman,
Feeling lost and so alone, I've been watching,
Now I find her weaving; gathering the colors,
Now I find her in myself.

We usually have a young woman sing verse 1, an older woman sing v. 2, and a grey-haired beauty sing the final verse. Very moving!
It's based on Daughters of Copper Woman, a book about the Nootka tribe in the Pacific Northwest. Mary Cameron wasn't happy about the song, I understand!