"An Indian Prayer" genre: Poetry
	lo fi play (dial-up) hi fi play (broadband) download (1.6 MB)	email track to a friend	add to My.MP3
	"An Indian Prayer"; originally written as a wedding gift for my first wife who was part Cherokee and later first published in "In The Steps" magazine, it has been reprinted many times and translated into several languages. Please click on the "View Track Info" link to read it, and thanks for listening!
	Credits: H. Kent Craig. Orginal copyright (c) 1979.
	Lyrics An Indian Prayer by H. Kent Craig ©1979 My grandfather is the fire My grandmother is the wind The Earth is my mother The Great Spirit is my father The World stopped at my birth and laid itself at my feet And I shall swallow the Earth whole when I die and the Earth and I will be one Hail The Great Spirit, my father without him no one could exist because there would be no will to live Hail The Earth, my mother without which no food could be grown and so cause the will to live to starve Hail the wind, my grandmother for she brings loving, life-giving rain nourishing us as she nourishes our crops Hail the fire, my grandfather for the light, the warmth, the comfort he brings without which we would be animals, not men Hail my parents and grandparents without which not I nor you nor anyone else could have existed Life gives life which gives unto itself a promise of new life Hail The Great Spirit, The Earth, the wind, the fire praise my parents loudly for they are your parents, too Oh, Great Spirit, giver of my life please accept this humble offering of prayer this offering of praise this honest reverence of my love for you

Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).