The Earth Called To My Friend by Elizabeth Alexander. For Treble Choir (women or children) (SSA choir, piano (women or children's)). Community Chorus, High School Chorus, Concert Music. Funeral & Memorial Services, Native American, Grief & Loss, Secular, Choral. Moderate. Octavo. Duration 5 minutes. Published by Seafarer Press (SF.SEA-057-00). A song of memorial that heartily embraces the vitality of life. With a lyric by Native American Nancy Wood and a sparkling musical setting by Elizabeth Alexander, this song celebrates life and death, rain and drought, and the cherished memory of "the wild old dances of our youth.".