Name: Goodbye Song
Duration: P00H03M21S
Description: The animals tell it like it is.

Goodbye Song

from The Cave by John Millard, Tomson Highway and Martha Ross

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The animals tell it like it is.

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GOODBYE SONG

When the Bear no longer growls
When the Ravens no longer joke
When the Skunk no longer prowls
Then it's time, my friends, to say goodnight.

When Rabbit ceases dancing
When Chipmunk no longer pines
When the Deer no longer prances
Then it's time, my friends, to take down the signs.

Good-bye, my friends, good-bye.
Farewell, farewell, fare thee all well.
Good-bye, my friends, good-bye
Fare thee all, fare thee all well.

When Lynx no longer lingers
When Snakes no longer slither
When Salmon can not find the river
Then it's time, my friends, to wither.

When the Fox cannot out fox
When the Beaver no longer works all day
When the Crow no longer double-crosses
Then it's time, my friends, to say good-bye.

My deer friends and colleagues, the ending has come
The Earth is a cinder, the full moon of paper
The child in your heart has stopped laughing
The flame of the candle has come to a taper.
My deer friends and colleagues, the ending has come

Good-bye, my friends, good-bye.
Farewell, farewell, fare thee all well.
Good-bye, my friends, good-bye
Fare thee all, fare thee all well.

To life for the Raven, the Sparrow
To life for the Whale, for the Bear!
And the Beaver and the Heron and the Crow and Chickadee,
The Fox and the Snake and the Hare!