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Natalie Merchant
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Indian Names
(*Lydia Sigourney) [** Disc 2:]
You say that they all have passed away* That noble race and brave That their light canoes have vanished Off the crested wave
That 'mid the forests where they roamed There rings no hunter's shout But their name is on your waters And you may not wash it out
'Tis where Ontario's billow Like Ocean's surge is curled Where strong Niagara's thunders wake The echo of the world
Where red Missouri bringeth Rich tributes from the west And the Rappahannock sweetly sleeps On green Virginia's breast
You say, their cone-like cabins That clustered over the vale Have fled away like withered leaves Before the autumn gale
But their memory liveth on your hills Their baptism on your shore Your everlasting rivers speak Their dialect of yore
Old Massachusetts wears it Within her lordly crown And broad Ohio bears it 'Mid all her young renown
Connecticut hath wreathed it Where her quiet foliage waves And bold Kentucky breathed it hoarse Through all her ancient caves
Wachuset hides its lingering voice Within its rocky heart And Alleghany graves its tone Throughout his lofty chart
Monadnock on his forehead hoar Doth seal the sacred trust Your mountains build their monument Though you destroy their dust
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