This song is about what we mean by "Future Folk".

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The "Troubadour" is an ancient figure on the Long
Road,though titles for the role vary.Many times
after major catastrophes had destroyed books and records. These itinerant singers carried the memories into the future.

(This song is offered as Publc Domain)

THE BOOK OF REMEMBER
(The Troubadour Song)

Carry the Book on through the years!
Sing it in song forever!
Music and memory, gentle and clear.
Call it the "Book Of Remember".

Songs like a garden in flowering Time,
hearty and brave and tender.
Make it a history in music and rhyme -
call it the "Book Of Remember".

(Chorus)
Down the Long Road, on through the years,
Processions of wandering glory,
passing through trials, troubles,and tears -
songs of Humanity's story.

Pass on the memories, adding your own.
Make it a song of victory -
steady and more enduring than stone -
call it The Spirit's History".

A vivid Procession through places and times,
a song of faithful splendor,
woven with love, triumphantly fine -
call it the "Book Of Remember".

(Chorus)
Parent to child, lover to lover,
teacher to student, pass it along;
lessons we learn, and joys we discover -
the "Book Of Remember" in song !
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Public Domain - Free Use
Offered by "Future Folk"Music 2000)
Music by J. Gale Kilgore
Words by Betty J. Curtis