[Dialogue] Song reflection on Chicago Accelerate 77: "Footprints of Sikaakwa", musical notation/lyrics .9.3.12ff

[Ellie Stock]

Hi folks,

Attached is the musical notation for a song reflection on Chicago Accelerate 77 (Saturday, September 15):  "Footprints of Sikaakwa".  Below are the lyrics. 

Ellie
elliestock at aol.com 


 
FOOTPRINTSOF SIKAAKWA
 
Footprintsof Sikaakwa
journeyedlakeshore sands,
creaturesspinning stories
inwinds haunting the land,
swimming,creeping, crawling—they came;
flying,walking, stalking—they gamed;
hunters,warriors, growers—they remained,
livinglightly on the earth of Sikaakwa.
 
Footprintsof Sikaakwa
turnedrivers, changed terrain,
pavingtrails and forging rails,
farmways to factory days—
exploring,trading, supplanting—they came;
building,inventing, investing—they gamed,
artist,industrialist, politician—they remained,
sculptingrising skyline peaks of Chicago.
 
Footprintsof Sikaakwa
convergedfrom all directions,
culturesclashed and merged,
stewingdesire and introspection—
laboratoryof urban life—they came;
microcosmof courage and strife—they gamed;
movementscalling for justice—they remained,
stirringbrewing cauldron hope of Chicago.
 
Footprintsof Sikaakwa
blazenew community,
peopleworking together
tothrive sustainably—
welcomingyoung and old—they came;
joiningthe gifts of all—they gamed;
wakingto Earth’s vision—they remained,
livingboldly a real dream of Chicago.
 
                        ejhs
                        9/09/12
                        reflection on Accelerate77, Chicago
“Sikaakwa” (pronounced: “Sheekakwa”):  namesake of Chicago;  French pronunciation of Algonquian (Miami/Illinois)name for a wild garlic/leek (AlliumTricoccum) (striped skunk) growing along the shores of Lake Michigan andthe Des Plaines (branch of Chicago River) in the 1600s.
 


Hi folks,

Attached is the musical notation for a song reflection on Chicago Accelerate 77 (Saturday, September 15):  "Footprints of Sikaakwa".  Below are the lyrics. 

Ellie
elliestock at aol.com 


 
FOOTPRINTSOF SIKAAKWA
 
Footprintsof Sikaakwa
journeyedlakeshore sands,
creaturesspinning stories
inwinds haunting the land,
swimming,creeping, crawling—they came;
flying,walking, stalking—they gamed;
hunters,warriors, growers—they remained,
livinglightly on the earth of Sikaakwa.
 
Footprintsof Sikaakwa
turnedrivers, changed terrain,
pavingtrails and forging rails,
farmways to factory days—
exploring,trading, supplanting—they came;
building,inventing, investing—they gamed,
artist,industrialist, politician—they remained,
sculptingrising skyline peaks of Chicago.
 
Footprintsof Sikaakwa
convergedfrom all directions,
culturesclashed and merged,
stewingdesire and introspection—
laboratoryof urban life—they came;
microcosmof courage and strife—they gamed;
movementscalling for justice—they remained,
stirringbrewing cauldron hope of Chicago.
 
Footprintsof Sikaakwa
blazenew community,
peopleworking together
tothrive sustainably—
welcomingyoung and old—they came;
joiningthe gifts of all—they gamed;
wakingto Earth’s vision—they remained,
livingboldly a real dream of Chicago.
 
                        ejhs
                        9/09/12
                        reflection on Accelerate77, Chicago
“Sikaakwa” (pronounced: “Sheekakwa”):  namesake of Chicago;  French pronunciation of Algonquian (Miami/Illinois)name for a wild garlic/leek (AlliumTricoccum) (striped skunk) growing along the shores of Lake Michigan andthe Des Plaines (branch of Chicago River) in the 1600s.
 
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