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By the River

from On A High Hill by Anna Fritz

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By the River
by Anna Fritz

chorus:
Meet me by the river
where they won’t hear our voices.
Lately there’s been trouble
and we can’t be too careful.

Your people came here begging.
We offered you a home.
I took you in to my own bed,
I loved you as my own.

CHORUS

I heard them on their horses,
riding in the stream.
They lay two women down with hatchets
in a bloody nightmare dream.

CHORUS

This forest is my body,
the raging stream my blood.
You can drag me off or kill me dead
but I belong to this here mud.

CHORUS

Your people took my elders,
my sisters and my child.
If you have any love left for me
you’ll let them all run wild.

CHORUS

outro:
This land is my only home.
My body, of sand and stone.
I eat from the fertile ground.
The ground eats when I lay me down. X2

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from On A High Hill, released October 14, 2016

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Anna Fritz Portland, Oregon

Anna Fritz is a cello-wielding activist folksinger based in Portland, Oregon. She has released three solo albums: Wake (2005) The Gospel of Tree Bark (2013) and On A High Hill (2016). She sings about colonization, climate, racial justice, spirituality, and connection to the natural world. Anna has also played with Portland Cello Project, The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket, and many others. ... more

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