Ye shall say they all have passed away That noble race and brave That their light canoes have vanish'd From off the crested wave
That 'mid the forests where they roam'd There rings no hunter's shout But their name is on your waters Ye 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 rappahannock sweetly sleeps On green virginia's breast
Ye say, their cone-like cabins That cluster'd o'er the vale Have fled away like wither'd 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 ye destroy their dust
Compositor: Desconhecido no ECADIntérprete: Natalie A Merchant (Natalie Merchant) (SOUNDEXCHANGE)Publicado em 2009 e lançado em 2010 (18/Jun)ECAD verificado fonograma #10070943 em 11/Abr/2024 com dados da UBEM