Story Behind The Song
Sacagawea, with her infant son Jean Baptiste, was the only woman to accompany the 33 members of the permanent party to the Pacific Ocean and back. I can only imagine what this young woman must have thought or experienced, and I kept coming back to the pr
Song Description
I imagined how Sacagawea must have been overwhelmed by all her responsibilities and devotion to her son
| Song Length |
2:50 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Pop - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Nonviolent, Endearing |
Subject |
Love for Child, Femininity |
| Similar Artists |
Harry Chapin, Vince Gill |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1800 - 1899 |
| |
Lyrics
Sacagawea's Prayer
Copyright 1999 David Walburn
It's the weight of the world for an Indian girl
But she has to be strong for the boy
It's not the life that she would choose but what can you do
She has to be strong for the boy
She prays every night to the spirits above
So they might look out for their own
To give her the strength and show her the way
So she can be strong for the boy
She's a girl among men but they won't see her bend
She has to be strong for the boy
No time to cry it's all do or die
She has to be strong for the boy
She prays every night to the spirits above
So they might look out for their own
To give her the strength and show her the way
So she can be strong for the boy
It's the weight of the world for an Indian girl
But she has to be strong for the boy
She has to be strong for the boy