September 30th             Listen   Download 

by Chris Pumphrey

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High on the slopes of Mt. Everest
September 30th
Trekking Tibetan pilgrims walked
single file up a high mountain pass trail
On their way to see the Dalai Lama
“His Holiness” to them

A border guard in uniform takes a shooting position
On a hill not far away
Sniper rifle to his eye
You can see him taking aim
The crack of gunfire
Two innocent ones fall

the official report reported
It was a shooting in self defense
Those pilgrims attacked the guards it said
the guards fired to protect themselves
some pilgrims were taken as political prisoners
even little kids

mountain climbers had a base camp near by
they saw the whole thing in plain view
They were filming a climbing expedition
And their cameras were handy too
They were shocked at what they witnessed
And they got it all on video

I wonder how many people discover this
When you Google the words Tibetan pilgrims
You get a half a million hits
With details, and updates and interviews and photographs
And the mountain climber’s video

High on the slopes of Mt. Everest
September 30th
The rest of the pilgrims who made it through
Continued on the trail to Kathmandu
On their way to see the Dalai Lama
“His Holiness” to them 

For Dolma

Produced by Richard Karst 

Performed and recorded by Lalita Karst, Richard Karst and Chris Pumphrey 

Prema Music Studio, Santa Cruz CA USA 

© 2007 Chris Pumphrey, Crucial Darschan Publishing (ASCAP)