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The Ice Age

from Song of Wisconsin by Jerry Way

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The beauty of Wisconsin’s land and water are the direct result of the Ice Age, a time between 12 and 20 thousand years ago, when great glaciers covered much of the area we call Wisconsin. The heavy mountains of glacier ice floe crushed and reshaped the earth, creating the hills, plains, lakes, and waterways that make Wisconsin beautiful.

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THE ICE AGE

Many thousand years ago,
Glaciers made of ice and snow,
Mile by mile from Arctic north,
Through Canada came creeping forth.
In Wisconsin, north and east,
For early man and mammoth beast,
The land was changed in every way.
The glaciers’ crush moved day by day.

REFRAIN:
The Ice Age! The Ice Age!
Formed the land with glacial floe.
The Ice age! The Ice Age!
Many thousand years ago.

Mountain, plain, and wide plateau
Were ground to rocky sand, and so
Piles high in glacial drifts,
Moraines were left by massive shifts.
As tons of glacier came to rest,
And spared Wisconsin’s southern west,
The age of ice released its grip,
And melting ice began to drip.
(REFRAIN)

The Great Lakes, formed in glacial chill,
With melted ice to fill.
The winding streams and rivers, too,
Began to flow as they now do.
When climate warmed so long ago,
The soil lay fresh for plants to grow,
Till evergreens and hardwood trees,
From north to south, swayed in the breeze.
(REFRAIN)

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from Song of Wisconsin, released February 2, 2021
words, music, vocal, guitar: Jerry Way

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Jerry Way Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

I've been composing, performing and teaching music for a fair number of years now. I love the pictures that words and music can paint in a person's imagination, while hearing a good song; A guitar is a fine companion for story-sharing. Music is a life-long journey, so the younger we start enjoying it, the better. I'm proud to pass my songs along to new generations. ... more

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