Lullaby of the Rivers Festival - Earth Day Festival and Expo in St. Augustine, FL

Lullaby of the Rivers by Bob Patterson

If I could only reuse time,
Oh I’d go back a hundred years,
To a place where I could listen
To the lullaby of the rivers.
For now and then there will arise,
Out of the water Indian spirits,
To tell me how they got their names,
And sing the lullaby of the rivers

Ocklawaha, Ichetucknee, Econfina, Withlacoochie,
Appalachicola, Wakulla, Wacissa, Aucilla
Caloosahatchie, Kissimmee, Ocklochnee, Choctahatchie,
Econolahatchie and the Suwannee are singing
The lullaby of the rivers

If you have ears enough for listening,
Oh you can hear what they are saying
You can hear them all singing,
The lullaby of the rivers.
The moving water makes the music,
The pureness creates the healing,
The reflections give up the secrets
Of the lullaby of the rivers

Ocklawaha, Ichetucknee, Econfina, Withlacoochie,
Appalachicola, Wakulla, Wacissa, Aucilla
Caloosahatchie, Kissimmee, Ocklochnee, Choctahatchie,
Econolahatchie and the Suwannee are singing
The lullaby of the rivers

There were those who came before us,
Who called this place black water
They knew their lives were mirrored
So completely in the water.
Our rivers are telling us those stories,
Full of wildness and mystery,
Because our lives flow as rivers do,
To the lullaby of the rivers.

Ocklawaha, Ichetucknee, Econfina, Withlacoochie,
Appalachicola, Wakulla, Wacissa, Aucilla
Caloosahatchie, Kissimmee, Ocklochnee, Choctahatchie,
Econolahatchie and the Suwannee are singing
The lullaby of the rivers