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A recorded reading of “Under The Baobab”. If the player does not load, use the original audio source.
The big tree holds our names; roots run like stories, long and low. Fingers read the bark we once sowed; stay long, let it grow. Stay long, stay strong; old roots, new song. Carved hearts, date lines, years pressed in the rings; we count our summers by the choir that gathers. When the wind turns pages, memory springs; again. Tell it again, again, again. Stay long, stay strong; old roots, new song, and the drone settles back into shade like home.
Instructional lyrics
[Intro: distant birds, soft drum] (Whoo) shade like home. [Verse 1] Big old tree holds names we know. Roots like stories, long and low. [Pre-Chorus] Fingers trace the bark we used to sow. (Stay long) let it grow. [Chorus] Stay long, stay strong Old roots, new song Stay long, stay strong Old roots, new song [Verse 2] Carved hearts, date lines, years inside the rings. We count our summers by the choir that sings. [Pre-Chorus] When the wind turns pages, memory springs. (Again) it brings. [Bridge: spoken-chant over hums] Tell it again… again… (again…) [Chorus] Stay long, stay strong Old roots, new song Stay long, stay strong Old roots, new song [Outro] (Drone settles)
Song info
Folk-choral, 102 BPM, C major; deep bass drone, hand drum, nylon gtr; choir stacks. Arr: V1 → Pre → chorus ≤0:36 → V2 → Pre → Chorus → Chorus → Bridge (story chant) → Final Chorus → Final Chorus.
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