Oh, long ago, long ago
All in the dreamtime
The creatures of the earth
All spoke the same tongue
(Long ago, long ago
All in the dreamtime
The creatures of the earth all spoke the same tongue)
And the earth was filled
With the glory of their voices
The earth was filled
With the glory of their song
(And the earth was filled
With the glory of their voices
The earth was filled
With the glory of their song)
And the language of the land
Was the glory of the ground
Was the song of the earth
Was the singing all around
(And the language of the land
Was the glory of the ground
Was the song of the earth
Was the singing all around)
And the air was filled
Filled with beating wings
And the song of the earth
It was singing all around
And the water was clear
Filled with swimming things
And the song of the earth
It was singing all around
And the ground was clean
Above and below
And the song of the earth
It was singing all around
And the earth was filled
With the glory of their voices
The earth was filled
With the glory of their song
(And the earth was filled
With the glory of their voices
The earth was filled
With the glory of their song)
And the language of the land
Was the glory of the ground
Was the song of the earth
Was the singing all around
(And the language of the land
Was the glory of the ground
Was the song of the earth
Was the singing all around)
And the year turned round
As the salmon came to spawn
As the birds began to nest
As the babies they were born
And the year turned round
As the salmon came to spawn
As the birds began to nest
As the babies they were born
And the earth was filled
With the glory of their voices
The earth was filled
With the glory of their song
(And the earth was filled
With the glory of their voices
The earth was filled
With the glory of their song)
And the language of the land
Was the glory of the ground
Was the song of the earth
Was the singing all around
(And the language of the land
Was the glory of the ground
Was the song of the earth
Was the singing all around)
Now on the earth
The wilderness is shrinking
And the numbers of the creatures
Is diminishing everyday
(Now on the earth
The wilderness is shrinking
And the numbers of the creatures
Is diminishing everyday)
And the people of the earth
Have lost their way of listening
Is hard for us to hear
What the creatures have to say
(And the people of the earth
Have lost their way of listening
Is hard for us to hear
What the creatures have to say)
But the song goes on
Above and below
If you open up and listen
You can hear the music go
And if you hear that song
Listen to the ground
You can hear the song of glory
It was singing all around
Oh, long ago, long ago
All in the dreamtime
The creatures of the earth
All spoke the same tongue
(Long ago, long ago
All in the dreamtime
The creatures of the earth all spoke the same tongue)
And the earth was filled
With the glory of their voices
The earth was filled
With the glory of their song
(And the earth was filled
With the glory of their voices
The earth was filled
With the glory of their song)
And the language of the land
Was the glory of the ground
Was the song of the earth
Was the singing all around
(And the language of the land
Was the glory of the ground
Was the song of the earth
Was the singing all around)
And the earth was filled
With the glory of their voices
The earth was filled
With the glory of their song
(And the earth was filled
With the glory of their voices
The earth was filled
With the glory of their song)
And the earth was filled
With the glory of their voices
The earth was filled
With the glory of their song
(And the earth was filled
With the glory of their voices
The earth was filled
With the glory of their song)
And the earth was filled
With the glory of their voices
The earth was filled
With the glory of their song
(And the earth was filled
With the glory of their voices
The earth was filled
With the glory of their song)
With the glory of their song
With the glory of their song
With the glory of their song