There came a man who spoke from a book
And spoke of better ways
Of Heaven and Hell and Judgement
Faced by man at the End of Days.
Spoke of our salvation
Bid us his church to come within
Surrender ourselves to the white mans God
And save ourselves from sin.
The man spoke from the book
That to us he did bring
Spoke to say he’d teach us al [...]
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There Came A Man Who Spoke From A Boo...
There came a man who spoke from a book
And spoke of better ways
Of Heaven and Hell and Judgement
Faced by man at the End of Days.
Spoke of our salvation
Bid us his church to come within
Surrender ourselves to the white mans God
And save ourselves from sin.
The man spoke from the book
That to us he did bring
Spoke to say he’d teach us al [...]
He Shall Walk Among the Living –...
He shall walk among the living
Though by them be unseen
Who has recently left this world
A world that is but a dream
Compared to the eternity
Of the world to which man goes on death
When we pass over to the Unknown
When we breath our last breath.
Somewhere out there upon a hill is a shadow
And another has of him a dream
He rides tonight amon [...]
Boats of Birr
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A Tale of Two Wolves
The Germans a story tell
American natives tell one like it as well
Of two wolves that in us dwell
In each and every man
That howl to the sky of our soul
An in our lives each play a role
In their own way make mankind whole
Have done so since time began
One causes within us hate
Laziness, makes a man irate
Wants, without effort to gain, compens [...]
Snakes All Around Us – The Lege...
Author’s Note: In the October 1, 2006 edition of Sunday Word, an Irish Sunday newspaper, Fr. Brian D’Arcy quoted a tale told by American actor Iron Eyes Cody. It is upon this tale from Iron Eyes Cody that the following story is based.
Once upon a time, as all braves must do, our hero set out to spend time in solitude so that he could fa [...]
The Dance of the Red Man
Standing still upon the hillside
Facing into the setting sun
Looking down upon the valley
Where once herds of buffalo did run…All that was before the whiteman
When the Redman knew no shame
Was as proud as anyone can
Be of their nation and their name…
But then along came the whiteman
It was a long time ago…
And since then for [...]
The True Americans
America, a word unknown
To any native tongue
Spoken by the natives
That the white men live among
Liberty! it is the cry
The quality of which we brag
It is what they denied the natives
When they flew their star spangled flag
They will not be fooled by treaties
They will not be lied to anymore
Though their land is changed forever
Never to be li [...]
Snakes All Around Us
Readers of these pages from Ireland will be familiar with Fr Brian D’Arcy’s “A Little Bit of Religion” column in the Sunday Word, an Irish Sunday newspaper.
In the October 1 2006 edition, Fr Brian quotes a tale told by Native American actor Iron Eyes Cody.
While he tells it to warn of the dangers of drink and drugs, [...]
The Girl Who Loved The Stars
She loved the stars, in bright array
Assembled in the dark night sky
And when young, when not at play
She asked the Shaman why
Could she not be, and shine as them, stars such
And in the sky at night shine
They told her “The moon itself you’d have to touch
If the wish to be a star is thine.”
She climbed a hill, by water’s ed [...]
Legend of the Eclipse
The Legend of the Eclipse
In the days when the Sun was king
And ruled the heavens, the Sky
The Sun god his children told
That soon he was to die
The fire on the Sun they’d have to keep
Or all mankind would perish too
But alas when it came to the task
They quarreled as children do.
“I am the man, the job is mine”
The boy to t [...]
Stalking the White Deer
Bright Moon, she for her lover waits
From the Hunt to her to return
But he has not come with the skin promised
In anguish her heart does burn
He set to seek and hunt the Albino deer
A wedding dress for Bright Moon to make
The bride price set by her father
If she as his wife was to take.
And Blue Jay stalks the White Deer still
With the arrow [...]
