To hear the music (without words), go to Jacob's ladder (same melody) and click on "To listen to MIDI file."EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
1. ||: (3x) WE DANCE LIKE S-A-R-A-H CIRCLE-DANCE-CCW-THEN-CW. :||
(<) SISTER, (>) BROTHER, (2h)#ALL.
2. ||: (3x) HERE WE (<) SEEK, (>) FIND OUR HISTORY. :|| (<) SISTER,
(>) BROTHER, (2h)#ALL.
3. ||: (3x) #ALL-OF-US NAME OURSELVES. :|| (<) SISTER, (>) BROTHER,
(2h)#ALL.
4. ||: (3x) CYCLE, CYCLE GENERATION. :|| (<) SISTER, (>) BROTHER,
(2h)#ALL.
5. ||: (3x) CONTINUE, CONTINUE CIRCLE-DANCE-CCW-THEN-CW. :||
(<)SISTER, (>) BROTHER, (2h)#ALL.
Notes: ||: (3x)... :|| - To be repeated three times.
CIRCLE-DANCE-CCW-THEN-CW - (2h)[4], POs><, FOs up, hands are held at respective sides and twist counter-clockwise, then clockwise as seen from above (if right-handed, otherwise reverse the order).
(2h)#ALL - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, are held at shoulder height and move away while opening to (2h)[L].
SEEK - SEARCH.
#ALL-OF-US - [A], PO > NDS, FO up touches DS shoulder then [L^], PO > signer touches NDS shoulder.
CYCLE - (2h)[1], POs towards, FOs ><, FTs touch, DH moves away then towards in a vertical circle, until FTs touch again.
Lyrics:
1. We are dancing Sarah's circle (3x)
Sisters, brothers, all
2. Here we seek and find our history (3x)
Sisters, brothers all.
3. We will all do our own naming (3x)
Sisters, brothers all.
4. Every round a generation (3x)
Sisters, brothers all.
5. On and on the circle's moving (3x)
Sisters, brothers all.
To hear the music (without words), go to Jacob's ladder (same melody) and click on "To listen to MIDI file."
