1492

1492

words & music by Nancy Schimmel

In fourteen hundred and ninety-two
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
It was a courageous thing to do,
but someone was already here.
(Chorus)
The Inuit and Cherokee,
the Aztec and Menominee,
Onondaga and the Cree.
Columbus sailed across the sea,
but someone was already here.
Columbus knew the world was round
So he looked for the East while westward bound
But he didn't find what he thought he found
For someone was already here.
It isn't like 'twas empty space
The Caribs met him face to face
Could anyone discover the place
When someone was already here?
So tell me who discovered what
Thought he was in a different spot
Columbus was lost, the Caribs were not
They were already here.