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I wrote this song for Adams Elementary School (Coon Rapids, MN) and their nature trail. The late Dr. Don Rautio, their wonderful Principal, had a great love of nature. His dream was to use the nearby Mississippi River as another amazing classroom. That's just what it's become.

John Nieman plays the fun fiddle and Jamie and Jonathan help out.

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Going down the trail
Tell me what we'll see
maybe a blue jay high
In a maple tree
Smell the prairie grass
hear the river run
Going down the trail
Where we learn for fun

See the old dead tree
Standing all alone
Where the birds and the bees
Find a sheltered home
We can touch the earth
Maybe plant a seed
Follow nature's path
Wherever it may lead

We can sing a song
Play a nature game
We can find a bird
That says it's name... chi-ka-dee-dee-dee
We can look for snakes
We can look for frogs
We can look for bugs
Underneath a log

We all use this earth
We all play a part
What the earth will teach
We better learn by heart
We all have a place
Every living thing
We all have a song
Everyone can sing

© by James Hersch

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from Cows, Bugs and Aardvarks (1999), released June 7, 1999

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James Hersch Minneapolis, Minnesota

I live on this piece of prairie. I'm passionate and dedicated to writing songs in hopes of singing them for people. I don't think I could continue without both ends of that process. Create then hope. It's here I write songs, and here I wait to sing them for others. ... more

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