Arviat Drum Song

Time moves back upon each beachhead
 Circle, circle, stone by stone
 Dried moss beneath my feet
 And here and there, the bleached white bones
 This place alive with spirits moving
 Weathered faces sing aiy aiy songs
 Life and death, they dance together
 Drum dancer spinning round and round
 Time moves on – the flowers bloomed
 The eider ducks all fledged and gone
 High above the white tern crying
 Summer's here – summer's gone
 This place alive with spirits moving
 Weathered faces sing aiy aiy songs
 Life and death, they dance together
 Drum dancer spinning round and round
 Time stands still, but for a moment
 That I might look you in the eye
 And stare across all the ages
 Before you turn and wave goodbye
 This place alive with spirits moving
 Weathered faces sing aiy aiy songs
 Life and death, they dance together
 Drum dancer spinning round and round
 This place alive with spirits moving
 Weathered faces sing aiy aiy songs
 Summers gone will be returning
 Drum dancer spinning round and round
 Spinning round and round
 Spinning round and round
 Spinning round and round