Kristina från Duvemåla (musical) "Wild Grass" lyrics

Wild Grass

Karl OskarWhere once there was wild grassNow there's a wheat fieldThis land was waiting its hour!

Where once there was nothingNo law, no powerThis land pf prairie and pineI made it flower!With this naked pair of handsI made it mine

There was another songI knew it well

The song of steel on rock it sang-It rang of hellAnd when there came a timeWhen hope was goneWe loaded up the wagonsWe moved onFrom that barren, stony ground

SettlersBarren, unforgiving ground

Karl OskarWe loaded up and we wereWestward bound

The earth lay quiet hereSince time beganThrough all Creation waiting hereThe coming of manNo axe rang in these woodsNo sign of toilUntil I put my spade to workAnd dug into this rich, black soil

SettlersWhere once there was wild grassNow there's a wheat fieldThis land was waiting for usWas waiting its hour

NojdYou got something for nothing

SettlersWhere once there was nothingNo law, no powerWe spilled the sweat of our browAnd we made it flowerYes, we made it flower

Karl OskarI watched my father fightThose cruel stonesI saw him crippled at the endThey broke his bones

But here the plow runs deepThe roots reach lowA man stands taller hereHis children growWhat we've done I will defend

SettlersWhat we've done we will defend

Karl OskarYes, what we've won I'll fight for till the end

The earth lay quiet hereSince time beganThrough all Creation waiting hereThe coming of man

No corn grew in these partsNo cattle grazedNow there's no field that goes unploughedThe children we have raisedThey do us proudThe Lord be praised

SettlersThe fruit of the harvestThe roof I raised hereThe logs that fell to my axeWhat am I to blame for?

NojdNothing you feel some shame for?

SettlersWe came for a new lifeTo find a futureWith just the shirt on our backsWe found what we came for

NojdAnd you burned down the wild grass

SettlersWhere once there was wild grassThere is abundanceAnd, yes, we're proud of the factThat we have dug and tilledAnd drilled and hacked

Karl OskarWe ask no favorWe ask no pardonWe found a wilderness hereWe planted a gardenWhere once there was wild grass!

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