Sandhill Cranes
by Kate Power
A song to Nature's Father Sky, Mother Earth, Sister River and Brother Trees, Sandhill Cranes was inspired by a reading of Grandmothers Counsel the World, and their sacred healing mission here, followed with a murmuration of sandhill cranes who displayed breathtaking interconnectedness by swirling in the air above a mesa one snowy morning in Paonia, Colorado.
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SANDHILL CRANES by Kate Power
Am
Sandhill cranes gather in the field
E7 Am E7
Lift in the wind, turn and reel,
Am
I can tell the sound by the way it feels
E7 Am E7 Am – E7
It fills me with wonder and delight. light, light
Am
It fills me with wonder and delight
Am
Sing in antiphon, fill up the air
E7 Am E7
One starts to go, and they follow him everywhere
Am
I would go with them if I wasn’t planted here
E7 Am E7 Am E7
With my feet on the ground I walk and go, go, go - oh
Am
With my feet on the ground I walk and go
Am E7 Am E7 Am E7
Hey-heya heya, ho - Grandmother show me what I need to know
Am E7 Am E7 Am E7 Am
Hey-heya, heya ho - Grandfather show me where I need to go
Am E7 Am E7 Am
Hey, hey, heya, heya - Father Sky watch me from on high
Am E7 Am E7 Am
Hey, hey, heya, heya -. Mother Earth carry me below
Am E7 Am E7
Hey, hey, heya, heya - Sister River run beside my side
Am E7 Am
Hey, hey, heya, heya, - Brother Trees reach and rise … ayi-ize,
Am E7 E7 Am
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh x2
Repeat Verse 1
Am
Sandhill cranes gather in the field
E7 Am E7
Lift in the wind, turn and reel,
Am
I can tell the sound by the way it feels
E7 Am E7 Am – E7
It fills me with wonder and delight. light, light
Am
It fills me with wonder and delight
Am
Sing in antiphon, fill up the air
E7 Am E7
One starts to go, and they follow him everywhere
Am
I would go with them if I wasn’t planted here
E7 Am E7 Am E7
With my feet on the ground I walk and go, go, go - oh
Am
With my feet on the ground I walk and go
Am E7 Am E7 Am E7
Hey-heya heya, ho - Grandmother show me what I need to know
Am E7 Am E7 Am E7 Am
Hey-heya, heya ho - Grandfather show me where I need to go
Am E7 Am E7 Am
Hey, hey, heya, heya - Father Sky watch me from on high
Am E7 Am E7 Am
Hey, hey, heya, heya -. Mother Earth carry me below
Am E7 Am E7
Hey, hey, heya, heya - Sister River run beside my side
Am E7 Am
Hey, hey, heya, heya, - Brother Trees reach and rise … ayi-ize,
Am E7 E7 Am
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh x2
Repeat Verse 1