Thought I'd have a go at writing a song about the remarkable Arctic Ground Squirrel. Instruments used are a Vintage VE2000GG acoustic guitar tuned in DADGAD and an Ashbury Mandolin.
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Story behind the song
I saw a video about the Arctic Ground Squirrel a few months back and wondered if a song could be done about one. It's remarkable that in hibernation the brain and core body temperatures drops below freezing, believed to be the coldest in any hibernating mammal. Periodically neurons kick in and heat things up for the brain to recover before letting the temperature fall again.
Lyrics
Up in the tundra, down in frozen ground
A parker squirrel sleeping so very sound
Heart rate almost nil, body below freezing
Neurons kick into life, peak and then start easing
It's thirty below, out there in the snow
Stay safe, stay here, deep in your burrow
So you lie there, waiting for the spring
and for your long hibernation to end
It's coming up to May, and finally you can
Emerge from the ground, into treeless surround
It's just ten below, out here in the snow
Now you breathe the air, released from your burrow
Feed well up here, on grasses and on willow
Keep alert for danger, the lynx and the eagle
You've such a short time, to enjoy your new found freedom
Up here above ground, in the breeze and the sun
It's just ten below, out here in the snow
Stay safe, stay here, out from your burrow
INST
It's not long to go, store food for the future
Winter fast approaching, don't be a loser
Up in the tundra, down in frozen ground
A parker squirrel sleeping again
Heart rate almost nil, body below freezing
Neurons kick into life, peak and then start easing
It's thirty below, out there in the snow
Stay safe, stay here, deep in your burrow
Mark Patterson 12/06/2016
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