SPIRIT EAGLE is by John Harmon with words by Crazy Horse (Lakota Sioux) and John Harmon. Timely ecological message – we are returning to the ancient myth of respecting Mother Earth. Commissioned for the Eastern Montana Choral Festival at Hardin in 1994. Excellent for large honors choirs! SATB divisi Choir and Piano. Duration: 9:45

             Spirit Eagle

As I rise to greet the day, I sing,

I sing to the sweet Mother Earth.

I sing to the good Mother Earth.

From deep in my heart, I sing,

I sing my song of thanksgiving,

I sing my song of thanksgiving 

to the good Mother Earth.

I give thanks for all her creatures, 

for all her creatures great and small.

I sing my thanks.

I sing for her rivers and streams, 

for the sweet waters of her rivers and streams.  

I sing to the sweet Mother Earth 

for her rivers and streams.

I sing for the forests of green, 

for the grassy plains and lush meadows 

and the wildflowers that sweeten the wind.

As I sing to the Mother Earth, 

a voice rises with the wind

and sings to me from the sacred mountains.

It sings to me.  It is the spirit of Crazy Horse!

“They will return, they will return.

My friend, they will return again.

All over the earth, they are returning again.

Ancient teachings and ancient songs 

of the earth are returning again.

The ancient songs of the earth

are returning again.”

— John Harmon and Crazy Horse