Ancient Rhymes - John Denver

Two days before the moon was round

You felt the urge of sun’s light beams

The muffled world of dolphin sound

Slipped down and back into your dreams

For nine full months that passed before

You learned of all of life’s ancient rhymes

Then mother sensed a farther shore

And brought you forth into these times

So taste the air of your new world

And gently guide us to your mind

It knows the winds and sails unfurled

And holds to heart the dolphin kind

Welcome precious earthmade child

We met you first in your father’s songs

And mother’s smile and waters wild

It’s in this place you now belong

I know you know of all these things

And feel the faith of a dolphin’s sigh

For you were born on silver wings

To taste the high blown crystal sky

To sing one day to all of us

The songs you learned in dolphin lair

Giving hope to life as all we must

And teach us how their grace to share