Brant Goose moving with the tide

Verse 1
Small dark goose with a compact frame,
Brant Goose is its common name,
Black head, black neck held tight,
With a white collar patch in sight.
Dark chest, pale belly low,
Built for coasts where cold winds blow,
Often quiet, low calls near,
Soft grunts carried through the air.

Pre-Chorus
Not a bird of inland ground,
Salt and shoreline keep it bound,
Following the ocean’s edge,
From open flats to tidal ledge.

Chorus
Brant Goose moving with the tide,
Coastal waters as its guide,
Feeding where the eelgrass grows,
When the sea pulls back and flows,
From Arctic birth to winter shore,
They travel far, then travel more,
Brant Goose steady, dark, and strong,
Living where the tides belong.

Verse 2
Breeding far in Arctic land,
Tundra pools and gravel sand,
Nests placed low on open ground,
Where brief summer can be found.
When the cold returns again,
They head southward on the wind,
Estuaries, bays, and seas,
Atlantic coasts and inner lees.

Pre-Chorus
In tight flocks they fly as one,
Low above the rising sun,
Close together, line and curve,
Saving strength with every turn.

Chorus
Brant Goose moving with the tide,
Coastal waters as its guide,
Feeding where the eelgrass grows,
When the sea pulls back and flows,
From Arctic birth to winter shore,
They travel far, then travel more,
Brant Goose steady, dark, and strong,
Living where the tides belong.

Bridge
Specialists of coastal ground,
Rarely far from saltwater found,
Eelgrass beds are key to stay,
Shaping where they feed and lay.
Sensitive to change and loss,
When seagrass fades, they pay the cost,
A clear sign of coastal health,
Tied to habitat and wealth.

Final Chorus
Brant Goose resting on the bay,
Waiting out the winter day,
Rising fast when danger nears,
Alert through open skies and years,
A traveller shaped by sea and land,
By Arctic ice and tidal sand,
Brant Goose, dark against the blue,
A coastal life lived through and through.

Outro
When the tide turns low and then returns,
The Brant Goose waits, the eelgrass stirs,
A quiet bird of wind and sea,
Bound to the coast, faithfully