(Tune: Mary Had A Little Lamb)
Eggs hatch into alevin, alevin, alevin.
Eggs hatch into alevin hiding in the gravel.
Backwater pools hide the fry, hide the fry, hide the fry.
Backwater pools hide the fry from their predators.
Insect eating ngerlings, ngerlings, ngerlings,
Insect eating ngerlings are found in the ri es.
In estuaries, smolt will change. Smolt will change. Smolt will change.
In estuaries smolt will change, preparing for the ocean.
Adult salmon chase their food, chase their food, chase their food.
Adult salmon chase their food far out in the ocean.
Nature calls them home again, home again, home again.
Nature calls them home again, spawners in the river.
Spawners lay eggs in gravel beds, gravel beds, gravel beds.
Spawners lay eggs in gravel beds; and die from the e ort.
