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Let the Wetlands Stand

from We All Live Downstream by Banana Slug String Band

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Learn more about National Estuaries Day here:
www.estuaries.gov/GetInvolved/Default.aspx?ID=287

Reviewers called this sweet folk song ”a tender-voiced, campfire-dwelling Americana wellspring of wetland pride."

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LET OUR WETLANDS STAND

Wetland life is really the best
Migrating birds stop here to nest
It’s a restaurant and a fine hotel
It’s a habitat that serves life well
There are wetlands the whole world round
In every continent and country wetlands can be found

Chorus:
They’re the link between water and land
Hold on to our wetlands let our wetlands stand (2x)

There are wetlands inland and out by the sea
There’s a marsh, a swamp and an estuary
There’s an oxbow lake, a vernal pool too
A bottomland, a bog, a fen and a slough
There are many names for wetlands its plain to see
But one thing they have in common is hydrology

[Chorus]

If the water table’s high or the water table’s low
It soaks it up like a sponge or it lets it go
It’s like a water filter so the water will be
Reduced in pollution and silt free
Wetlands aren’t wastelands as some have said
They’re a vital part of our watershed

[Chorus]

Bridge:
Our wetlands disappear each year
They’re dredged, drained and filled
For housing tracts or parking lots
or new farms to be tilled
More than before we know for sure
they’re more than mud and sand
Hold on to our wetlands, let or wetlands stand

When you go to the wetlands get down low
Put your feet in the mud let it ooze between your toes
Stand real still and listen to the sound
The bounty of life is humming all around
Find a wetland near you and go there today
Get to know its wild side, try to keep it that way

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from We All Live Downstream, released March 1, 2008

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