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1.
DOWN TO THE RIVER by Kamila Martel (Cracker Cats) CHORUS 1 I’m going down to the river Sing my song Down to the river to stay I’m going down to the river Sing my song Wash all my cares away VERSE 1 I’ve got a fierce rage That’s plagued me for days Wash all my cares away I’ve got a heat so great I’ve been weak for days Wash all my cares away CHORUS 2 VERSE 2 I’ve got a deep pain Where the darkness stays Wash all my cares away Until the dim rays They all chill and fade Wash all my cares away CHORUS 3 OUTRO I’m gonna wash all my cares away I’m gonna wash all my cares away I’m going down to the river Sing my song Wash all my cares away.
2.
This Machine 02:34
THIS MACHINE by Betty Supple VERSE 1 How long can us people Keep kicking the wall? What is it made of? What is it standing for? For what will it give up? When will it fall? CHORUS 1 This machine is broken We’re just moving through the motions But you can’t tell the ocean When the tide should come in And it’s coming in. VERSE 2 We’ve practiced so much patience Signed petitions, prayers sent Sentient beings sensing the freeing Of breaking cage open Smashing the state of affairs 'Til it’s fair 'cause it’s not fair It’s not loving, it’s not sane It’s not sane, it’s not just Perhaps we must, must we Muster the strength of The weight of the ocean Flow of the river Song of the singer in you In you In you CHORUS 2
3.
The Scoop 05:17
THE SCOOP by Sally T VERSE 1 Who you been talking to, my love Who’s got your back? Who’s got your front? Who’s by your side I think I’m under an invisible attack, my love But then again it could be all in my mind ​ And we been walkin’ around just a same ol’ samin’ And it pains me to think you’ve been campaigning Against the things I do Or maybe I did that to you Word gets back like a homing pigeon And no one wants to go around burning bridges But as far as I can tell There’s always somebody talking ‘bout somebody else And … CHORUS 1 Tell me, baby, what the truth is lately Oooh oooh oooh Squeeze me some juice Hey ey and Tell me, baby Who else is crazy Oooh oh oh oooh Dish me a scoop VERSE 2 I haven’t seen you in so long Oh but your sadness sticky seeps out the cracks The gap grows wider every day But it seems as though there’s no turning back Now I’m a aching to know if I’m something to ya Try to mind my business but tell me do ya Have anything to say I wish you’d throw something my way I could ask you to care or I could sit here and wait For the day you decide to participate But I can’t wait that long I think it’s safe to say my assumptions were wrong And … CHORUS 2 BRIDGE Time’s sneaking by And the echoes Of these secrets we try to hide Now the dream that once inspired Is now a nightmare Inside your mind So come on and …. CHORUS 3
4.
Deeper 03:36
DEEPER by Betty Supple VERSE 1 Pick your dirty deeds up off the floor We don’t wanna pretend with you anymore Ground into mother, feel intuit so we don’t hurt her body just to make it through CHORUS 1 River bleeds deeper than me Carry her water out to see Valley digs deeper than you Deeper than paycheck we hold on to River bleeds deeper than me Carry her water out to see Valley digs deeper than you Deeper than paycheck we hold on to VERSE 2 Making noise, making noise Listen, listen. Birth breath completely Deep and subtle rhythm, rhythm. With all decisions that we make Coming generations raise the stake CHORUS 2 VERSE 2 Look at that baby child, worry for her livin’ What will her grandchild have left to be given What if her great grandchild gets born in to A life that’s been damned by dirty deeds we do CHORUS 3
5.
Wait Love 04:52
WAIT LOVE by Sally Titasey VERSE 1 Hands folding. She is holding the crown As the bottom falls out of a Life waiting To be carried home. For the love to be shown, but she’s Left wanting To have and to hold She’s oppressed and controlled But she stands firmly Because she knows There’s nowhere else to go. And don’t you… CHORUS 1 Wait love, wait love Wait for me, wait for me Don’t you Wait love, wait love Wait for me, wait for me VERSE 2 The power of the love she holds within the hate It’s got the power to kill, the power to create And one act one instant could seal a fate A decision she did or did not make A message from the deep a visceral call A meaning conveyed with no words at all No thoughts only shadows looming tall Moving through the body pushing up against the walls of Flesh and skin and muscle and bone A sense of moving through an ocean alone A darkness so profound A wire tightly wound In the absence of sound We claw for solid ground We’re moving up and up and up Til we break the surface Til the morning sun shines on us again Don’t you…. CHORUS 2 BRIDGE She’s flying like a butterfly to the island She’s flying in the eye of the storm over the ocean She’s flying like a butterfly to the island She’s flying in the eye of the storm over the ocean We’re moving up and up and up Til we break the surface Til the morning sun shines on us again Don’t you … CHORUS 3 (last one! slows down) Wait love, wait love Wait for me, wait for me Don’t you Wait love, wait love Wait for me, please wait….
6.
Come in 03:28
COME IN by Sally Titasey & Betty Supple CHORUS 1 Come in, come in child You are being called Lay down your burden You don’t have to bear it all Come in, come in child Come in and be small The gate is wide open And the writing’s on the wall VERSE 1 We have one big choice We are leaning towards survival (Don’t kill us all) It’ll feel so good to heed this call (Don’t kill us all) Bring down your house, Bring it down We can’t wait for you to find ground Now stand down, stand down. PRECHORUS 1 For your grandchildren (Stand down) For their children, too (Stand down) For indigenous rights (Stand down) We’re looking to you (Stand down) Still colonizing (Stand down) And it’s a crime (Stand down) How many more years? (Stand down) No more racist genocide (Stand down) CHORUS 2 VERSE 2 What does it mean to you to be human? Tell the truth to yourself and see the things that you’re doing. It’s big! You’re making history! Putting industry before human equality. Again! My friend, it’s time to change the story, To admit power and money will never equal glory There’s no glory that comes from taking a stand Against an ancient people trying to protect the land. PRECHORUS 2 For the babies (Stand down) For your mother (Stand down) For survival (Stand down) For freedom (Stand down) We’re looking at you (Stand down) We can help just (Stand down) RCMP (Stand down) John Horgan, white man, (Stand down) CHORUS BRIDGE There’s hope. You have a heart. Be brave. Set yourself apart. You’re strong. Let go. You feel it. You know. You hear us. You know it’s true. Everyone’s watching, waiting for you. Breathe deep. Come ‘round. Step up. Stand down. CHORUS (outro) Come in, come in child You are being called. Lay down your weapons ……

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Recorded on Sinixt Territory.
Funded by Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, Columbia Basin Trust.

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released September 28, 2021

All songs written by Betty Supple and Sally Titasey except 'Down to the River' which was written by Kamila Martel.
Sally Titasey - vocals, stomp box, electric bass
Betty Supple - vocals, banjo, stand-up bass
Recorded by Barry Jones, Sincerity Studios
Mixed by Jesse Thom, North Window Studios
Mastered by Sam Knaak, Ear Witness Studios

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Oh Pray Tell Winlaw, British Columbia

Oh Pray Tell is us - Sally Titasey and Betty Supple. We are best friends. Sisters of sorts. We met in the mountains when we were just teenagers. The first time we sang together, our harmonies seemed to merge into one voice, larger than the sum of its parts, stirring magic in our bellies and hearts...and we liked it.

Stomp, clap, strum, SING. This is our humble offering.
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