Story Behind The Song

In one place, which the locals referred to as the "end of the line" Emily Burridge encountered the Tremembe Indians who lived in the sand dunes set back from the sea. The Chief and his daughter decided to sing some of their traditional songs. Emily recorded them and three of the Tremembe songs form the base for her tracks "Rainmaker", "Agua de Menina" and "Prayer for the Fishermen". These tracks are an audible response to her experience with the Tremembe Indians and the isolated place in which they live. Track no 8 on the "Footsteps in the Sand " CD production

Song Description

Commences with traditional song of the Tremembe Indians and the spoken lyrics accompany a ambient weave of percussion and synthesizers

Lyrics

This is a Prayer for the Fishermen,
For those people , out there,
At that place at the end of the line
Where their world is just sea and sky,
Our boat is led through dark waters
Our tears are of the Sea.