Story Behind The Song
I was looking for a song to finish out my American cd and came across this song from the 1700's this is about the Cherokee Indian people and there end. I did take artistic license with this song.
Song Description
Metaphor for the end of the Cherokee people written by an English Doctors wife and took the words to England in the 1700
| Song Length |
5:00 |
Genre |
Folk - Americana, Folk - Americana |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Moving |
Subject |
Pain, Violence |
| Similar Artists |
Enya |
Era |
1700 - 1799 |
Lyrics
ALKNOMOOK
Chant:
Grant where there is darkness I bring light...echo
Grant where there is hatred I bring love...echo
I will be the keeper of the earth...echo
You will be my father at my birth...echo
Chant...repeat
The sun sets at night and the stars shun the day;
But their glory remains-when their light fades away
Begin ye tormentors, your threats are in vain,
for the son of ALKNOMOOK he will never complain.
Chant..repeat
Remember the woods where in ambush we lay?
and the scalps which we bore from your nations away?
remember the arrows he shot from his bow?
for the son of ALKNOMOOK he will never complain.
Now I go to the land where my father has gone,
and his ghost will rejoice at the fame of his son;
Death comes upon me to relief all my pain
and the son of ALKNOMOOK he will never complain.
Chant ....repeat
Grant where there is darkness I bring light...echo
Grant where there is hatred I bring love...echo
I will be the keeper of the earth....echo
You will be my father at my birth