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Great Lakes Prairie Dawn

from Heartlands by Arthur Durkee

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Words & Music by Arthur Durkee

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Great Lakes Prairie Dawn
texts based on themes from regional Native American songs and stories

Mother Earth
Sky, our Brother
Lake, our Father
Life, our Sister

Mother Earth
make us whole
Earth, our Mother
make us strong
heal us

Father Lake
wind over inland sea
at the dawn
shining waters

we are here
to greet the morning
of the world

Father of song
Mother of seed
Brother of thunder
Sister of fire
teach us love
honor, compassion

eye of the day sees everything
with the eye of the heart
we help each other
the sacredness of life
bound to the land
we live our days
bound to each other
with love
with love

Earth, our Mother
bring rain to wash us
Lake, our Father
wind to cleanse us
sun is risen
sun to warm us
day begins
soil to give us life

sun is risen
day begins

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from Heartlands, released February 22, 2019

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Arthur Durkee Ann Arbor, Michigan

Arthur Durkee is a composer & songwriter who records & performs on Chapman Stick, bass, analog modular synths, bamboo & wood flutes, keys, frame drums, and voice. He has won awards for composed, notated music as well as for his recordings, & is a published poet, & designer & illustrator. ... more

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