Stone in my Hand

3 weeks ago by @berni1954

Stone in my Hand

berni1954

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Liner Notes

I used to live in Capellades, a small town some thirty miles inland from the Mediterranean. It is famous for two things: a working Paper Mill Museum and a Neanderthal dig which has been goign for nearly 40 years.

Like my narrator I have been fascinated by Neanderthals since the day I first visited the dig. And like him, I have held in my hand objects Neandertals used more than 40, 000 years ago. It is an awe inspiring experience

INSTRUMENT Godin Grand Concert Guitar (Nylon Strings)

Lyrics

(G) The stone in my hand was once a tool
A Neanderthal did (D) make
To (G) chip away at flint with gentle strikes
So he or she could (D) use the (G) flakes
As (Em) good as (D) knives, they were (C) often (G) used
As cutting edges for slicing (D) meat
As they (G) sat around a fire in their cave
Preparing (D) something to (G) eat

(G) To hold it in my hand we had to dig
Some thirty feet under(D)ground
To a (G) campsite used some eons ago
Where it lay un(D)til it was (G) found
Now (Em) forty thousand (D) years have (C) come and (G) gone
Since that man or woman left it (D) there
A(G)mongst the charred remains of the fire
And the bones of (D) deer and a (G) bear

(G) How those people lived we can only surmise
From these remains, few and far bet(D)ween
But every (G) object we find has a story to tell
Once it has been (D) lifted and (G) cleaned
They (Em) lived in small (D) bands of a (C) dozen or (G) so
Their main source of protein was (D) meat
Bone (G) flutes have been found and some cave art
But our knowledge is by (D) no means com(G)plete

(G) It was long thought that they disappeared
But with them we did meld it (D) seems
They were (G) similar to us in lots of ways
And many of us (D) carry their (G) genes
They (Em) may have had (D) stories they (C) may have sung (G) songs?
But no evidence has yet been (D) shown
But I (G) still consider it a privilege
To hold in my (D) hand this (G) stone

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