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Child of Old Bones

by Esther Pennell/Esther J Willow

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This song is dedicated to the indigenous residential school children, the survivors and the ones who never made it home to their families. It is a song of healing and freedom. It is my deepest hope that this song brings a sense of peace and understanding.

lyrics

To the child of old bones
These old bones
Sing your songs out loud
Tall and proud
Dance again
Dance again

Sing the songs your family sang
Free to be a child again
Soaring wild as the eagle
Feed from the pain and the chains
And the robes and the steeple

To the child of old bones
These old bones
Let your voices ring
Songs of old
Songs of old songs of spring

Your hair flows in the wind
Warmed now by the sun
Free to speak your name again
Reclaimed from the grounds and the mounds
And the shame of the steeple

To the child of old bones
These old bones

Sing your songs out loud
Tall and proud
And dance again
Dance again

To the child of old bones
These old bones

Sing your songs out loud
Tall and proud
And dance again
Dance again

Warmed now by the sun
Free to be a child again
Soaring wild as the eagle

Freed from the pain and the chains
And the robes and the steeple

Freed from the grounds and the mounds
And the shame of the steeple

To the child
Of old bones

~Esther Pennell aka Esther J Willow

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released May 5, 2023
Written by and main vocals Esther Pennell aka Esther J Willow, produced and played by Peter Cliche, additional vocals by Scott Langill and Peter Cliche.

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Esther Pennell/Esther J Willow North Bay, Ontario

Esther Pennell is a folk-blues singer songwriter. 
With a haunting voice and song lyrics that are both poignant and heartfelt. Her music is honest, authentic and steeped in 70's folk nostalgia.
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