Turtle Up, Turtle Down

Transcript

Transcript

Along the Gulf coast there’s a story in the sand a long line of tracks made by flippers on the land a peaceful turtle that returns every year to make sure her species doesn’t disappear chorus: turtle up, turtle down, ancient life cycle goes round and round turtle up, turtle down, they go to the home that their ancestors found mama comes up builds a nest on the beach babies are born and go down to the sea they storm the beach it’s a reptile armada when they arrive it’s called the “arribada” maybe it’s the wind, or the moon, or a mood that causes Kemp’s ridleys to lay down her brood chorus hurry, scurry, to the water you go a nice bed of seagrass is what you need to grow jellyfish and crabs so good to eat unless you become a predator’s treat tangled nets and pollution in the sea they’ve lost some habitat where they used to breed let’s give them some protection so that they have a chance to ride out rhythms of mother nature’s dance. chorus down to the sea, down to the sea

Description

An original song by Ranger Jeff Wolin.

Duration

3 minutes, 14 seconds

Credit

NPS/Jeff Wolin

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