http://www.wordnik.com/lists/tunie-demasduit-dream.xml By Great Big Sea on their CD "Turn." This song is named for a woman named Demasduit (also spelled Demasduwit), one of the last of the Beothuk people who were native to Newfoundland. The last known Beothuk, Demasduit's niece Shanawdithit, died in 1829. <br /> <br />I <a href="/words/dreamt">dreamt</a> I saw a woman standing by the <a href="/words/strand">strand</a> <br />Waiting for her <a href="/words/people">people</a> to come in from the land <br />Waiting there for seven days, she built a <a href="/words/fire">fire</a> in the <a href="/words/sand">sand</a> <br />Waiting for her people to come in from the land <br /> <br />She had the look of a <a href="/words/refugee">refugee</a> hiding in her eyes <br />And when I tried to talk to her, she answered with a <a href="/words/cry">cry</a> <br />And pointed to the water out beyond the <a href="/words/harbor">harbor</a> line <br />Where a <a href="/words/thousand">thousand</a> ships lay waiting, they lay waiting for my sign <br /> <br />But I remember days of <a href="/words/sunlight">sunlight</a> with my father by my side <br />And the children ran before us like the <a href="/words/foam">foam</a> upon the tide <br /> <br />We ran like frightened <a href="/words/partridge">partridge</a> when the strangers came to talk <br />Bringing sickness 'round them and the <a href="/words/thunder">thunder</a> in their walk <br />We ran into the valleys, and we ran into the hills <br />The young they ran before us, driven by a <a href="/words/stranger">stranger</a>'s will <br /> <br />But I remember days of sunlight with my father by my side <br />And the children ran before us like the foam upon the tide <br /> <br />Waiting by the <a href="/words/landwash">landwash</a>, a <a href="/words/giant">giant</a> standing near <br />I see them coming always, all the children in their fear <br />I'm waiting on my <a href="/words/blanket">blanket</a>, and the giant waits with me <br />And I will wait here always, as they fill the <a href="/words/endless">endless</a> sea <br /> <br />I remember days of sunlight with my father by my side <br />And the children ran before us like the foam upon the tide <br /> <br />I remember days of sunlight... <br />I remember children... <br />I remember days of sunlight... http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/dreamt Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:37:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dreamt http://www.wordnik.com/words/strand Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:37:09 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/strand http://www.wordnik.com/words/people Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:37:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/people http://www.wordnik.com/words/fire Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:37:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fire http://www.wordnik.com/words/sand Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:37:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sand http://www.wordnik.com/words/refugee Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:36:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/refugee http://www.wordnik.com/words/cry Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:36:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cry http://www.wordnik.com/words/harbor Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:36:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/harbor http://www.wordnik.com/words/thousand Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:36:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/thousand http://www.wordnik.com/words/sunlight Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:36:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sunlight http://www.wordnik.com/words/foam Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:36:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/foam http://www.wordnik.com/words/partridge Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:36:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/partridge http://www.wordnik.com/words/thunder Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:36:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/thunder http://www.wordnik.com/words/stranger Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:36:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/stranger http://www.wordnik.com/words/landwash Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:36:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/landwash http://www.wordnik.com/words/giant Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:36:38 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/giant http://www.wordnik.com/words/blanket Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:36:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/blanket http://www.wordnik.com/words/endless Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:36:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/endless