We Worship the Spirit
Lyrics - Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1825-1893)
Music - Castalia
The invisible power behind Nature that is revealed by Nature is expressed through spectral flute and celebrated in this song. In its original form this lyric was titled "The Arctic Indian's Faith".
Chorus:
We worship the Spirit
that walks unseen
through our land of ice and snow
We know not Her face
We know not Her place
But Her presence and power
we know
Does the buffalo need
the human word
to find his pathway far?
What guide has he to the hidden ford
or where the green pastures are?
Who tells the moose that
the hunters gun
is peering out of the shade
Who tells the doe and the fawn to run
in the track the moose has made.
Chorus
Who do we follow
Who do we fear
The Spirit of the earth and sky
Who hears with the Wapiti's ear
Her poor children cry
Who's whisper we note in every breeze
That stirs the birch canoe
Who hangs the reindeer
moss on the tree
for the food of the caribou
Chorus
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