PICKING WILD BERRIES
featuring Chronos Vocal Ensemble directed by Jordan Van Biert – recording available
see the video below
LYRICS
When Clarence was little, his grandma carried him on her back through
the woods to the clearing to pick.
wild berries
(pickaci-mīnisa.)
Grandma carried a bucket and sang.
Now Clarence carries his own bucket
and walks behind his
grandma
(ōkoma)
They sing together.
Blueberries dot the clearing. Grandma checks for
bears
(maskwak)
They pick the plumpest berries they can “nd and
drop them into their
buckets
(otaskikowāwa)
Tup, tup.
Grandma likes sweet
blueberries
(ininimina)
soft blueberries, juicy blueberries. Clarence likes
go POP in his mouth.
Clarence and his grandma pick blueberries for a
long time
(konēsk)
They eat
so many
(micēt)
berries that their lips turn purple.
An ant
(ēnik)
crawls up Clarence’s leg.
Tch, tch. It tickles.
A spider
(kōkom-minākēsīs)
makes its web.
Sh, sh.
A fox
(mākēsīs)
sneaks by.
Rustle, rustle.
When the buckets are full, Clarence lays a
handful of berries on a leaf for the
birds
(pinēsīsak)
and the other animals of the woods.
They say
thank you
(nanāskomowak)
Clarence and his grandma walk back through the
woods
(sakāk)
with their buckets full of berries. !e birds
The birds sing
in the clearing.
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