lyrics published by permission of Marge BruchacChorus
Mary Agatha, Molly Ockett, Abenaki, Pequawket Mary Agatha, Molly Ockett, awanigia tonialosa Mary Agatha, Molly Ockett, Abenaki, Pequawket Who are you, where do you roam Verses
The miles flow beneath her feet as she travels the countryside The world is alive to her and the birds know her song The straight and the simple way have led her through many worlds She walks on a solitary track
She's tall and she's handsome, she's wary and she's strong Gifted with healing ways and good with a gun A friend to the settlers, beloved by her own She's a woman who knows her own heart
Baptized by Jesuits in seventeen and forty-one Her birth name is lost in time though she's well-know to all St. Francis was burned to ash, but she survived She's a woman on a solitary track
She warned them of raids and she cured them of plagues The English they thought her the last of her kind In the forests and hill towns her people survived in truth she was never alone
I've searched through the hills and I've read all the words Now I reach across time to take hold of your hand
A beautiful song about a very important Abenaki woman of our past. You can hear it sung by Marge on the tape/CD 'Voices in the Woods'.
