Story Behind The Song

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Lyrics

COUNCIL OF THE PEOPLES OF THE TURTLE & THE TREE
By the end of the last of the great ice ages, the human child arose as the cleverest and most adaptable of all Earth's children. Leaving the time of the dreaming animals, the human child entered the time of the seed. But not everyone planted and followed the seed. The Turtle People chose not to follow the way of the seed. They remained by the lakes and the rivers where they met and mingled with the Tree People. The Tree People had also chosen not to follow the way of the seed.

The elders of the Tree and Turtle decided to hold a council among their peoples. Deep within a sacred grove, their council met. All night around the fire pit, all day among shafts of sunlight and shade, the Turtle People and the Tree People held council.

Ever since that long ago council, Turtle and Tree People have remained deep in the forests, high in the mountains. Time and the way of the seed have taken all but a few of the Turtle and Tree People. But the memory has not yet died. Today, these few people of the sacred time sing one song...

Child of the Earth, where is your Magic Turtle?
O Child of the Earth, where is your Spirit Tree?
Child of the Earth, shake your Magic Turtle rattle
O Child of the Earth, climb your Spirit Tree