The first two verses of this song were inspired by hikes in Zion and Yosemite National Parks where elemental landforms reach like stairways into the sky. The last verse harkens to the old growth deciduous forests of my home in southern Indiana. The upper descant melody is borrowed from the old Irish “March of the King of Laois.”

Malcolm Dalglish: vocals, dulcimers, bass drum, metal maracas
Moira Smiley, Naomi Dalglish: vocals
Joshua Kartes: vocals, piano
N. Scott Robinson: kanjira, foot bells, timbrel, pods

For The Crown Point, Indiana School Choirs
© 2003 Ooolitic Music BMI