Gretchen Sleicher is a singer, songpasser, songwriter and facilitator of The Work That Reconnects, who lives in Port Townsend, Washington. The Dosewallips River is located in the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State USA.
Gretchen has a beautiful website, Songs For The Great Turning, with many songs to learn and share: SongsForTheGreatTurning.net
Sara had heard snippets of this song here and there (usually when in water with groups of community singers), but fully learned (and immediately fell in love with) Dosawalips River Love Song when it was taught by a cohort member up at Community Choirs Leadership Training training in Victoria, BC.
Lyrics:
1.
I will lay me down by the river
I will lay me down and rest
I will lay me down by the river
And know the world is blessed
2.
Lay me down by the water’s edge
Lay me down and know I’m blessed
3.
Water heal me with your song
Whisper love poems all night long
4.
Tumbling, tumbling, tumbling through me
Tumbling, tumbling, tumbling through me
Click here to hear Gretchen teaching it: https://songsforthegreatturning.net/songs-of-gratitude/dosewalips-river-love-song/