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Precious Cargo

from Grand Promenade by Maggie McKaig

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Long ago and once upon a time. What we hold dear. What is really important.

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Precious Cargo

Long ago, once upon a time,
My father took me to see the first satellite,
We stood on a mountain high above San Francisco Bay,
And we looked at this little moving light such a long, long ways away,
And right across its path sped a shooting star so bright,
So brilliant and wondrous that I forgot that man-made satellite,

We carry precious cargo on this ship of fools, Precious Cargo
We carry precious cargo on this ship of fools, Precious Cargo

Through the years there's a place I go,
A little house overlooking the ocean down by Pacific Grove,
And the soft white sand is as pure as light,
And the sound of the crashing waves lulls me to sleep at night,
My grandmother slept there, and my great-grandmother too,
As one generation is coming on there’s one that’s just passing through

We carry precious cargo on this ship of fools, Precious Cargo
We carry precious cargo on this ship of fools, Precious Cargo

Every summer I live in the high country,
With the ancient cedars and aspens I share my morning tea,
The generations of their leaves help make up my bed,
And the sky is that richest shade of blue way above my head,
I pause to drink in the cool clear stream,
Will my grandchildren ever be here too will they share my dream?

We carry precious cargo on this ship of fools, Precious Cargo
We carry precious cargo on this ship of fools, Precious Cargo

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from Grand Promenade, released June 20, 2003

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Maggie McKaig Nevada City, California

I'm a singer-songwriter, guitarist, accordionist, composer, poet, essayist, playwright. Since 2009 I've led World music quartet Beaucoup Chapeaux. With my partner of 45 years Luke Wilson we raised two sons, made seven albums, and grown veggie gardens and fruit trees on five acres of never ceded land once occupied by the Nisenan Tribe near Nevada City, CA.
Photo by LeeAnn Brook. ... more

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