Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The Band
Canonical path: /band-the/ancestor-song
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Ancestor Song
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Ancestor Song
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To our elders who teach us of our creation and our past
So we may preserve mother earth for ancestors yet to come
We are the land
To our brothers and sisters and all living things across mother earth
Her beauty we've destroyed
And denied the honor the creator has given each individual
The truth lies in our hands
All my relations
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