Don't Forget to Sing — Elsie Gawler

Don’t forget to sing

by elsie gawler

and don’t forget to sing oh la-de-da-de-da

i’ll remind you if your remind me

for the winter is long but song will keep us on

keepin’ us on are the ones of feather blood and bone

my friend your kinship will keep me a’singing

outside my window sun dances on the leaves

if im that tree well then my friends your are the light

without you oh i would surely fall

i bow my branches to you all

and don’t forget to sing oh la-de-da-de-da

i’ll remind you if your remind me

for the winter is long but song will keep us on

keepin’ us on are the ones of feather blood and bone

my friend your kinship will keep me a’singing

looking on in the mirror or my time

what makes this being, this being that i call mine

layer on layer as complex as a rose

oh but there’s one thing i know deep inside these bones

it’s don’t forget to sing oh la-de-da-de-da

i’ll remind you if your remind me

for the winter is long but song will keep us on

keepin’ us on are the ones of feather blood and bone

my friend your kinship will keep me a’singing

gather ‘round on the darkest day of the year

and light a fire keep it lit we all are here

bow and string knowing fingers draw a tune

we’ll raise our voices and we’ll sing to the rising moon