The Humming Song

In the year 1655

A Russian peasant picked potatoes

As the sweat stung his brown eyes

He'd look up at the manor and softly hum

When the earth was covered in ice

A Neanderthal mother fed her fire

From the cave came her baby's cry

To soothe him to sleep she'd softly hum

On the planet Kepler 11i

A squid-like life form secretes its language

As the moons slide through the sky

A wind from the valley blows through the crystal trees

And they vibrate and make a sound like