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If Statues Could Speak

from Rings Around Saturn by Marion Halliday

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If you hike in Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Park to the right place, you can see the 15-foot tall stone statue of a Native American warrior. The statue is meant to honor the Lenape who were the first true settlers in the region. However, the statue is profoundly sad in its aloneness and what it represents in terms of the Native American experience as a result of colonization in the early Americas. NOTE: The Lenape sung at the end of the song is with special thanks to representatives of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe for their assistance in ensuring proper phrasing and pronunciation. The second phrase in particular has special meaning to them–they have asked whenever Halliday performs the song she reinforces the message of their tribe that 'We are still here'. More information can be found @nanticoke-lenape.info/.

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V1-They made a park out of my grave
After my people they had slain.
They carved my image out of stone,
Then they placed it on a hilltop alone.

V2-I had a woman and a son.
I had a family, like their own.
All my arrows and my innocence,
no match for their guns and ignorance.

Ref: If I could speak, what would I say?
If these stone lips could move,
What would it prove anyway?

V3-Who was the first in this place?
Not their people, but my race.
Ask the wind, or the stars, or the gentle rain,
or the whispering stream that bears my name (Ref)

V4-Naxuhàni ala hate (I am alone forever)
Nteshwasihena ala hate (We lived through it)

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from Rings Around Saturn, released July 1, 2019
Marion Halliday (Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals), Donna Bostock (Bass, Drums, Backing Vocals), Jane Halliday (Fiddle, Banjo Uke, Backing Vocals), Jim Salamone (Electric and Ambient Guitars)

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Marion Halliday Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Songwriter Marion Halliday is proud purveyor of her own special blend of bluegrass and bourbon-infused original women- powered, Americana. Marion, a Kentucky native, now living in Philly, writes on a range of contemporary as well as historical topics. Marion plays solo as well as with her band, Trickster Sister, comprised of Jane Halliday on fiddle and Donna Bostock on bass. ... more

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