Originally Posted By: Birchwood
Hello Robert,

You have so cleverly described this terrible true story in these sensitive lyrics.
And the instruments you used for the song were just well chosen. That flute with its (occasionally) -close to false- tones, did very well.
It cut's throught the hearth so to say.
And of course your singing was top. I'm glad you're back!

Hans


Thank you Hans!

Originally Posted By: dani48
Hi, Robert !

What a marvelous tune so delicately
interpreted ! Loved the mystic
ambience I felt when listening to it !

Cheers
Dani


Dani,
I appreciate your listen and comments.

Originally Posted By: Scott C
Well done Robert. We had a residential school in my home town. Some of the kids in the school were allocated to the elementary schools during day. As kids we played together and were totally oblivious to why they were staying at the school and what its purpose was.

The school was active from 1895 to 1972. It sat empty for years and was eventually demolished in 2000. Sad to say it has a graveyard a well.

Touching lyric and incredible vocal. Backtrack and production was perfect.


Scott,
Thank you for that; I didn`t grow up in Canada and as a middle class white immigrant I did think twice about my qualifications writing this. In the end it just came in a rush of emotion after watching The Secret Path.
I was careful not to use the name of an actual school, though Malaspina is the site of a Coast Salish settlement.

Robert