Surrender is vernoemd naar het gelijknamige boek ‘De overgave’ van Arthur Japin. Daar wordt op prachtige wijze de zoektocht van Granny Parker naar haar door Comanche indianen ontvoerde kinderen en kleinkinderen beschreven. In het boek staan een aantal sages van de inheemse Amerikanen beschreven. Een van die sages hebben we vertaald.

Tekst:

A long long time ago, rivers didn't flow
The world was covered in ice
She sat there holding on, a leather bag of sun
Tears froze in her eyes

'Cause she forefelt, if the snow would melt
The rivers would overflow
She held on strong to that bag of sun
But what she did not know

That the beams of the sun would free everyone
From the stone and the bitter cold
That the beams of the sun would free everyone
From the stone and the bitter cold

She sat on her own, tried to be strong
To save the world alone
Although she tried to hold on tight
She had to let go

The snow did melt, and the rivers swelled
And she did fear the worst
But she saw how the seas and the soil and the trees
Finally quenched their thirst

And the beams of the sun did free everyone
From the stone and the bitter cold
And the beams of the sun did free everyone
From the stone and the bitter cold

And the warmth of the air spreaded everywhere
Like a mother holds her son
And the rolling plains turned golden again
And she felt her beating heart

And the beams of the sun did free everyone
From the stone and bitter the cold
And the warmth of the air did spreaded everywhere
Like a mother holds her son

And the rolling plains turned golden again
And she felt her beating heart

Muzikanten:

Marrit van Brummelen: zang en gitaar
Frank Kooijman: zang en banjo
Kas van Diepen: zang en contrabas
Patrick ten Wolde: drums
Josse Hornsveld: accordeon
Jaap Berends: gitaar en xylophone