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    Dive in! Swim with us, alongside sea turtles and whales, on a musical odyssey into the Earth's one mysterious, marvelous – and precious – ocean.

    Song features George Winston on slack-key guitar!

    ONLY ONE OCEAN is 14 rockin’ new songs from the Banana Slugs all designed to inspire young people and their families to learn about and care for the ocean.

    Special guests include George Winston, Brett Dennen, Zach Gill & Grammy winners Victor Wooten and BeaSoleil avec Michael Doucet.

    Immediate download of Coral Reef in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
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Song features George Winston on slack-key guitar!

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CORAL REEF

Every tropical isle is dancing in style
With the coral reef, the coral reef
It’s a living rainbow growing down below
In the coral reef, the coral reef

There are branches and fans, coral shaped like hands
In the coral reef, the coral reef
It’s as precious as gold. It’s a thousand years old.
The coral reef, the coral reef

Chorus:
E malama, malama
Malama, i ke kai *

The coral grows in chambers with colonial neighbors
In the coral reef, the coral reef
They grow upon each other they are layer upon layer
Making coral reef, the coral reef
The coral must depend on a little algae friend
In the coral reef, the coral reef
The algae seeks the sun, gives the coral oxygen
In the coral reef, the coral reef
[Chorus]

So put your mask and snorkel on go down and look around
At the coral reef, the coral reef
You will say with disbelief, “How could anyone hurt this reef?”
At the coral reef, the coral reef
But you know that it is true, the things that people do
Can hurt the coral reef, the coral reef
Our reef needs some protection from human destruction
The coral reef, the coral reef
[Chorus]

So where the warm breezes play and the blue water sways
There’s a coral reef, a coral reef
The white foam spray whispers with the waves
In the coral reef, the coral reef
The rainbow fish and I all have a wish
For the coral reef, the coral reef
That forever it may be this living jewel of the sea
The coral reef, the coral reef
[Chorus]

* These Hawai'ian words mean “protect the ocean.”

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from Only One Ocean, released January 11, 2011

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Banana Slug String Band Santa Cruz

Booty-shakin' music for kids ... or anyone 'young' enough to love this precious Earth!

"The best thing about Banana Slug String Band albums? An adult can listen to them [i]almost[/i] as many times as the kids want them played and not experience an urge to strangle a purple dinosaur.
Dr. Amy Rogers, Science Thrillers
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