O Daedalus Fly Away Home

For Maia and Julie)                        Drifting night in the Georgia pines,                        coonskin drum and jubilee banjo.                                Pretty Malinda, dance with me.                        Night is juba, night is congo.                                Pretty Malinda, dance with me.                        Night is an African juju man                        weaving a wish and a weariness together                                to make two wings.                        O fly away home fly away                        Do you remember Africa?                                O cleave the air fly away home                        My gran, he flew back to Africa,                        just spread his arms and                                flew away home.                        Drifting night in the windy pines;                        night is laughing, night is a longing.                                Pretty Malinda, come to me.                        Night is a mourning juju man                        weaving a wish and a weariness together                                to make two wings.                                O fly away home fly away