Versions

Version one

We made our way from the primordial slime,

Out of the sea we learnt to crawl,

From four legs to two was our progression,

Up in the trees we made our home.

As the great lizards lived and died,

We watched, neutral observers waiting.

The Neanderthal began to pave our way,

And all the time we were watching.

As they danced!

Version two

We learnt how to live side by side,

Out of necessity conversation sprang,

The light in the sky became our first religion,

As we discovered a need to celebrate,

So with our voices we experimented,

And eventually we discovered how to sing,

Our voices they took over our bodies,

Until we found we couldn’t stop ourselves.

We learned to dance!

Version three

As we grew we learned to cultivate,

And slowly we became masters of the land,

Strong men were born who were destined to rule,

As democracy was born we called them kings,

They weren’t the first to discover lust,

But still we followed them of to war,

They taught us what it was to kill,

Back home our families learnt to mourn.

As they danced!

Version four

Religion prospered crusades were born

All centred upon a single man,

On our travels we saw many wonders,

As we ravaged through their lands,

In an effort to spread our message,

Many strangers we chanced upon,

Their ways were different to our eyes,

But in one thing we were just like them.

We watched them dance!

Version five

We mastered art called it our renaissance,

Masterpieces never yet outdone,

And one man dreamed of our future,

Showed us his drawings of what was to be.

We sailed the globe discovered continents,

And those we met we accused of blasphemy,

But our cruelty we didn’t limit,

We still found time to burn heretics at home.

We forgot to dance!

Version six

The dawn of a new age an age of industry,

Inventions blossomed led our dear old Jenny,

We colonised and noted the conquered,

The lost souls who brought about the missionary.

A queen sat astride a bountiful empire,

While urchins littered the streets at home,

A man dared to defy the sacred scriptures,

He made us question where we belonged.

And so we danced!

Version seven

Now the pace gets faster the longer we live,

Great wars we fought not one but two,

Developing weapons of mass destruction,

As we became masters of the skies,

Our ambitions which were never sated,

Led us to the moon now we search the stars,

Hopefully exploring looking for brothers,

To whom one question we will ask.

Do you dance?