Lyr Req: includes line 'This is my family'

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: includes line 'This is my family'
From: GUEST,henry1945
Date: 03 Oct 03 - 07:09 PM

I am very familiar with Pete Morton's song, which has some similarities, and I listen to that recording quite often, but that's not the song I'm thinking of. Thanks for trying, though.

First of all, Pete Morton's song has a more varied cadence from line to line, while the song in question follows the same cadence on every line, on and on "dit-dit-dit-DAH-da-DAH."

Secondly, the singer in question is female.

Third, the song in question repeats the line "This is my FAM-i-ly," not "...family tree."

Anybody have any other leads?

Henry

Subject: Lyr Add: FAMILY TREE - COURAGE, LOVE & GRACE
From: Sorcha
Date: 26 Sep 03 - 05:45 PM

Maybe?

FAMILY TREE - COURAGE, LOVE & GRACE
Harbourtown CD 029
Words and music - Pete Morton

I'm a Muslim, I'm a Hindu, I'm a Rasta, I'm a Jew,
I'm a lover of the rising sun.
I'm Catholic and Protestant, with other waters in the font,
but I'm the one who forgets the One

And I'm Russian and I'm Chinese and I'm Cherokee and Burmese,
and I'm Celtic and I'm Zulu too,
I've ran from Rwanda, while I'm deep in Uganda,
underneath the Peruvian moon
and I keep getting born into their world of sin,
teaching me pride about where I begin,
but love's been the only thing that ever helped me,
love's been the only thing that ever set me free.
I'm Norwegian, Israeli, and I'm Welsh and I'm Irani,
and I'm working on a love affair,
I'm an ageless little child, with no money or style,
and your politics are driving me spare.
and I keep getting born into their world of sin,
they're making me pride about where I begin,
love's been the only thing that ever helped me,
love's been the only thing that ever set me free.
I'm a German I'm a Greek and I'm a Turk and I'm a Sikh
and I'm history's sorrowful woman
I'm a Dutch Ukrainian, an English Indonesian
a drowning Egyptian
Who keeps getting born into their world of sin,
making me proud about where I begin,
but love's been the only thing that ever helped me,
love's been the only thing that ever set me free
I'm a Yankee, I'm a Hindu, I'm a Rasta, I'm a Jew,
I'm a lover of the rising sun.
I'm Catholic and Protestant, with other waters in the font,
but I'm the one who forgets the One.
And I keep getting born into their world of sin,
teaching me pride about where I begin,
but love's been the only thing that ever helped me,
love's been the only thing that ever set me free.
this is my family tree,
this is my family tree,
this is my family tree,
this is my family tree,
my family tree,
this is my family tree

Subject: Lyr Req: includes line 'This is my family'
From: GUEST,henry1945
Date: 26 Sep 03 - 05:31 PM

A song I've heard several times recently on public radio keeps going through my mind, and I would like to know the title and singer. The style might be called "singer/songwriter" and the singer is female. A recurring line is something like "this is my family" and the rhythm of nearly every line goes "dit-dit-dit-DAH-da-da." The song describes a very unconventional "family" made up of eccentric friends.