Bill Miller Anishinabe (the People)
I ride with my father down the river In a birch bark canoe he made last year I hold my paddle strong through the rapids And we float through the vally of the deer One sky above us One people below We carry on as the rivers flow Chorus: Anishinabe ma-nee ta-haem These simple words we love to sing When we are together under the stars Anishinabe ma-nee ta-haem Today has been a wonderful day The people we feel good in our hearts I walk with my mother in the morning As she plants the seeds that brings the field of corn She tells me many stories of the people And the life they lived before I was born One sky above us One people below We carry on as the grasses will grow Chorus (2x)
