Pocahontas Lyrics
Pocahontas Lyrics
Steady As The Beating Drum
Native Americans
Hega hega ya-hi-ye-hega
Ya-hi-ye-ne-he hega
Hega hega ya-hi-ye-hega
Ya-hi-ye-ne-he hega
Steady as the beating drum
Singing to the cedar flute
Seasons go and seasons come
Bring the corn and bear the fruit
By the waters sweet and clean
Where the mighty sturgeon lives
Plant the squash and reap the bean
All the earth our mother gives
O Great Spirit, hear our song
Help us keep the ancient ways
Keep the sacred fire strong
Walk in balance all our days
Seasons go and seasons come
Steady as the beating drum
Plum to seed to bud to plum
(Hega hega ya-hi-ye hega)
Steady as the beating drum
Hega hega ya-hi-ye-hega
Ya-hi-ye-ne-he hega
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Listen With Your Heart
Voice of the Wind
Ay ay ay ya
Ay ay ya
Grandmother Willow
Que que na-to-ra
You will understand
Listen with your heart
You will understand
Let it break upon you
Like a wave upon the sand
Listen with your heart
You will understand
Voice of the Wind
You will understand ...
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Mine Mine Mine
Ratcliffe
The gold of Cortés
The jewels of Pizarro
Will seem like mere trinkets
By this time tomorrow
The gold we find here
Will dwarf them by far
Oh, with all ya got in ya, boys
Dig up Virginia, boys
Mine, boys, mine ev'ry mountain
And dig, boys, dig 'til ya drop
Grab a pick, boys
Quick, boys
Shove in a shovel
Uncover those lovely
Pebbles that sparkle and shine
It's gold and it's mine, mine, mine
English Settlers
Dig and dig and dig and diggety ...
Dig and dig and dig and diggety ...
Wiggins
Hey nonny nonny
Ho nonny nonny
Ratcliffe
Oh, how I love it!
Riches for Cheap!
Wiggins
There'll be heaps of it ...
Ratcliffe
And I'll be on top of the heap!
My rivals back home
It's not that I'm bitter
But think how they'll squirm
When they see how I glitter!
The ladies at court
Will be all a-twitter
The king will reward me
He'll knight me ... no, lord me!
It's mine, mine, mind
For the taking
It's mine, boys
Mine me that gold!
With those nuggets dug ...
It's glory they'll gimme
My dear friend, King Jimmy
Will probably build me a shrine
When all of the gold is mine
English Settlers
Dig and dig and dig and diggety
Dig and dig and dig and diggety-dig!
Smith
All of my life, I have searched for a land
Like this one
A wilder, more challenging country
I couldn't desing
Hundreds of dangers await
And I don't plan to miss one
In a land I can claim
A land I can tame
The greatest adventure is mine!
| Ratcliffe | Smith |
| Keep on working, lads | Mine! |
| | English Settlers |
| Don't be shirking, lads | Find a mother lode |
| Mine, boys, mine | Then find another load! |
| Mine me that gold | Dig! Dig! and diggety |
| Beautiful gold | Dig! Dig! for that gold |
|
All
Make this island
My land!
|
Ratcliffe | English Settlers |
| Make the mounds big, boys | Dig... |
| I'd help you to dig, boys | Dig... |
| But I've got this crick in me spine |
Smith
This land we behold ...
Ratcliffe
This beauty untold ...
Smith
A man can be bold!
Ratcliffe
It all can be sold!
|
Ratcliffe | English Settlers |
| And the gold | So go for the gold
We know which is here |
| Is ... | All the riches here |
| Mine! | From this minute |
| Mine! | This land and what's in it is |
| Mine! | Mine!
Dig and dig and diggety-dig!
Hey nonny nonny nonny it's mine!
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Colors Of The Wind
Pocahontas
You think I'm an ignorant savage
And you've been so many places
I guess it must be so
But still I cannot see
If the savage one is me
Now can there be so much that you don't know?
You don't know ...
You think you own whatever land you land on
The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name
You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew you never knew
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
Come taste the sunsweet berries of the Earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once, never wonder what they're worth
The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends
And we are all connected to each other
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends
How high will the sycamore grow?
If you cut it down, then you'll never know
And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
For whether we are white or copper skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains
We need to paint with all the colors of the wind
You can own the Earth and still
All you'll own is Earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind
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Savages 1
Ratcliffe
What can you expect
From filthy little heathens?
Their whole disgusting race is like a curse
Their skin's a hellish red
They're only good when dead
They're vermin, as I said
And worse
English Settlers
They're savages! Savages!
Ratcliffe
Barely even human
English Settlers
Savages! Savages!
Ratcliffe
Drive them from our shore!
They're not like you and me
Which means they must be evil
We must sound the drums of war!
English Settlers
They're savages! Savages!
Dirty redskin devils!
Now we sound the drums of war!
Powhatan
This is what we feared
The paleface is a demon
The only thing they feel at all is greed
Kekata
Beneath that milky hide
There's emptiness inside
Native Americans
I wonder if they even bleed
They're savages! Savages!
Barely even human
Savages! Savages!
Powhatan
Killers at the core
Kekata
They're different from us
Which means they can't be trusted
Powhatan
We must sound the drums of war
Native Americans
They're savages! Savages!
First we deal with this one
All
Then we sound the drums of war
English Settlers
Savages! Savages!
Ben
Let's go kill a few, men!
Native Americans
Savages! Savages!
Ratcliffe
Now it's up to you, men!
All
Savages! Savages!
Barely even human!
Now we sound the drums of war!
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