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Somewhere There's a Song Still Singing

by Diane Patterson

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This song celebrates deep, old-tyme connection between people and land and songs. We have an old saying in English, "I have to get the lay of the land,” and I understand the lay of the land to mean, the song of the land. And so we continue to sing, to the land, for our people, for all people, as if our lives depend on it, because in some ways, they do!

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Somewhere There’s a Song Still Singing

Somewhere there’s a song still singing on
Do you sing to the daughter of the sun?
Does Odin guard your shores?
Do you still follow the singing stones?
Reindeer Sami, wild Danes,
Sea Sami, stately Swedes,
I speak your names
Your song sustains
Your air remains
Come lay the land again
Come lay the land again

Somewhere there’s a song still singing
Do you sing of the jackal and gazelle?
So you winter on Persian shores?
Do you still migrate and celebrate?
Qashquai people, Allah’s people,
Centuries on the land,
I speak your names
Your song sustains
Your air remains
Come lay the land again
Come lay the land again

Cross mountains and rivers, nature the giver
Danger grows clearer
Hasten to her side
Her world lay burning
Ancient and modern
Born to resist this
Your hungry ghosts so vicious ride!
On to Valhalla
Courage to love us
We sing your praises
Warrior of the rune and the candle, ride!
Howling winds of
Change at your heels, now,
Tighten your reins and
Sing to my memory
You are the one to ride!

Somewhere there’s a song still singing
Do you sing to the rocks and hills?
Does a songline give you life
Do you still echo your ancestors’ voice
Honey ant clan
Pintupi
Dreamtime singers
I speak your names
Your song sustains
Your air remains
Come lay the land again
Come lay the land again

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released February 23, 2020
Diane Patterson, music, lyrics, guitar, voice. Recorded by Michael Suprenaut in Kea'au, Hawaii.

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Diane Patterson Ashland, Oregon

Folkgoddess Diane Patterson sings the world awake with powerful voice and revolutionary lyrics. Her sincere spirit and roots storytelling plant seeds of respect and justice. She’s fueled by music-as-activism and love-as-revolution. Made in New Orleans, Diane’s new 2018 album features Mike Napolitano and Ani DiFranco. ... more

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