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  1. Silver Queen

From the recording Deep December Dreams

an ode to corn

Lyrics

Silver Queen by Mary Rocap

I went shucking for the truth
and came up with a maize
rows of silver and of gold
beneath the sun’s hot gaze
neath the sun’s hot gaze

I went gleaning through the chaff
they said I was a thief
I’ve been here in times gone by
they told me not to speak
told me not to speak

shucking for the truth
came up with a maize
silver and gold
beneath the sun’s hot gaze

guards were placed around the field
they would not let me in
you have no right to gather up
plunder not again
plundering is a sin

I scored the country east to west
I scored it south to north
looking for her majesty
the giver of the force
she’s the lady of the land
she is the silver queen
once I knew her face to face
I thought her now a dream
thought her now a dream
shucking for the truth
(came up with a maize
silver and gold
beneath a summer haze)

I found her not upon her throne
I found her gagged and bound
held by those who took her seed
and kept her underground
kept her underground

I called the early sunglow
I called the jubilee
I called the white cloud and the flint
come save your silver queen

painted ears and armored husks
fell into a line
stalks arose and shook their leaves
against the march of time
against the march of time
shucking for the truth
came up with a maize
silver and gold
beneath the sun’s hot gaze