COYOTE SERENADE - Song Page
© words & music by Annie Wilson
from CD Peace on the Prairie
Album Notes: Coyotes play an important role in the tallgrass prairie ecosystem as one of the few predators left - plus they sing! People who haven’t heard their wild choruses might not believe how crazy they sound. We love it, and always welcome their evening songs that keep us entertained year-around.
This song won First Place in Other 2020 in the Walnut Valley NewSongs songwriting contest.
Lyrics:
A coyote sings his evening song
A haunting howl he bellows long
While shadows on the hilltops fade
As sunset turns the prairie dark
Soon his mate begins to bark
They start the coyote serenade
It echoes down the trail a mile
She’s singin’ out - coyote style
The finest song that nature plays
Points her head up to the sky
Sends her song out through the night
She sings the coyote serenade
Oooo - ooo Oooo - ooo Oooo
Oooo - ooo Oooo - ooo Oooo
Next some yelps and little nips
As all her pups begin to yip
We hear the funny sounds they make
Howls and barks, cries and screams
Conjure up the strangest dreams
They sing the coyote serenade
Then a glee club full of crazy cries
Ricochets across the sky
It’s eerie but we’re not afraid
One single coyote sounds like ten
It’s prob’ly just a couple dens
They sing the coyote serenade
CHORUS
Their songs float out across the hills
Showin’ off their singin’ skills
At closing of the prairie day
These wild dogs can sing a song
Makes you want to sing along
They sing the coyote serenade
CHORUS
Then coyotes stop their wild jest
And settle down to take a rest
Their chorus slowly fades away
As moonlight hits the meadow trail
One final melancholy wail
Ends their coyote serenade
Oooo - oooo