Sacred Rainbow Nation Songs of Light, Peace and Love · Core 100

Child of the Universe

key B major on source songbook key D-minor family tempo ≈161 chords Dm C Am D

“I am as old as the universe — I've been here before and I'll be here again — I am a child of the universe, a part of all women and a part of all men.” A big-bang story-song printed in eight books of the collection. Words & music: Theo Simon of Seize The Day (UK), from their 1998 debut — often learned from Melita Silberstein's 2009 recording, hence the “Melita” credit in some songbooks. Sung here by Uri (Budgie) in a dedicated recording for the Rainbow Caravan songbook: Uri (Budgie) — Child of the Universe, Rainbow Caravan Songbook Collection 1 (song #37; song starts past the spoken introduction).

Melody

Words & chords — as printed in the songbook

Here is a little history

Of a bigger mystery

I have written this story into my song

If it is not what you're used to

I hope it will amuse you

And maybe if you'll choose to

Then you'll sing along

I am as old as the universe

I've been here before and I'll be here again

I am a child of the universe

A part of all women and a part of all men

Once upon a sometime

And once upon a somewhere

And once upon a somehow

There was a big bang

Energy evolving and energy revolving

And energy dissolving

And that's what I am

I am a little flower

That blossoms for an hour

But in me there's a power

That grows on and on

as printed in Canciones (Dm C Am D); also Alli Ruhi,

Rainbow Caravan #37 and 5 more books