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The River's Lament, by Laurelyn Dossett 2014 Pleasant Garden Music, ASCAP. Video by Harvey Robinson and Carolyn DeBerry of Monkeywhale.

This lament was inspired by the Dan River coal ash spill in February of 2014. While it was not written as a particular piece of advocacy, it is my hope that people will be reminded to pay attention and take care of their rivers, where every they may be.

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Once I loved a River strong

Listen to the River’s song

Born among the meadow springs

Rocks and rills taught her to sing

She can’t speak but she can cry

She can’t fight but she can die

Poisoned on a winter’s day

While we looked the other way

And we gather at the River

And we stand along her shore

And we promise not to hurt her anymore

We step into the River

We swim against the tide

We wash her clean with all the tears we’ve cried

Sing you now the River’s song

The story of a love gone wrong

Lessons learned forgotten soon

We’ll neglect the River’s tune

Come the fall, the blood red moon

Can’t recall the greening June

Winter’s coal black tragedy

Drown in shallow memory

As we gather at the river

As we stand along her shore

As we promise not to hurt her anymore

We step into the river

We swim against the tide

We wash her clean with all the tears we’ve cried

Beasts of field and birds on wing

Listen as the River sings

Whispering “remember me”

As she tumbles to the sea

Memory’s a River

She’ll carry us along

And together we will sing the River’s song

As we gather at the River

And we stand along her shore

And we promise not to hurt her anymore