Billy B. - The Natural Science Song and Dance Man

CHORUS
Out in every ocean, alive in every sea,
turtles are a-swimming, so slow and gracefully.
Here we all stand, looking out from the shore
waiting for ARRIBADA.
Everyone’s hoping, it will be like before
and there’ll be more ARRIBADA.

Break from the surf, crawl to the dunes?
Kemp’s Ridleys returning.
Back where they hatched, laden with eggs.
Soon there’ll be new turtles learning.

Dig out that hole, lay in the brood
on the beach of Rancho Nuevo.
Cover the clutch, turn back to the waves.
Will you return? We hope so.

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Claw out of the eggs, dig up through the sand
with your brothers and sisters struggling too.
When the dawn comes,
you’ll all crawl towards the sun
where the water and gulls await you.

If you make the sea, it’s a hundred to one
against your very survival.
But back on the shore, we’re all working for
Kemp’s Ridleys revival.

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