First published in:
Mosaic Spring 2016
WRITTEN BY:
Cheryl Bear
READING TIME:
min read
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This article was from Walking Together in a Good Way. To read the whole publication Click Here.
CBM acknowledges that its head office is situated upon traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations (Mississauga Tract, Treaty 19).
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SONG
THIS SONG IS DEDICATED to the Residential School Survivors. Our Elders are courageous, patient and strong. They took their stories all the way to the supreme court of Canada so they could see justice for all Indigenous people in Canada who attended these schools, and justice for their children and grandchildren. This song is the story of the first mother and son who were separated by these schools and how the schools changed us forever.
~ CB
Son when you went away
you were so young and strong
I just couldn’t wait for the day
to have you back home where you belong
The only thing that kept me alive
was knowing I would see you again
there was no way for me to know
you’d come back home a man
My son
where did you go
when they took you away
my son
where did you go
when they took you away
I don’t recognize you any more
the scars of this life are deeper than before
Mother when they took me away
I looked back to my home
you know I really wanted to stay
when I saw you there all alone
The only thing that kept me alive
was knowing I would see you again
there was no way for me to know
I’d come back to an alcoholic home
Mother
where did you go
when they took me away
Mother
where did you go
when they took me away
I don’t recognize you anymore
The scars of this life are deeper than before.
READ MORE:
This article was from Walking Together in a Good Way. To read the whole publication Click Here.
CBM acknowledges that its head office is situated upon traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations (Mississauga Tract, Treaty 19).