Wild Grass lyrics

Karl Oskar

Where once there was wild grass

Now there's a wheat field

This land was waiting its hour!

Where once there was nothing

No law, no power

This land pf prairie and pine

I made it flower!

With this naked pair of hands

I made it mine

There was another song

I knew it well

The song of steel on rock it sang-

It rang of hell

And when there came a time

When hope was gone

We loaded up the wagons

We moved on

From that barren, stony ground

Settlers

Barren, unforgiving ground

Karl Oskar

We loaded up and we were

Westward bound

The earth lay quiet here

Since time began

Through all Creation waiting here

The coming of man

No axe rang in these woods

No sign of toil

Until I put my spade to work

And dug into this rich, black soil

Settlers

Where once there was wild grass

Now there's a wheat field

This land was waiting for us

Was waiting its hour

Nojd

You got something for nothing

Settlers

Where once there was nothing

No law, no power

We spilled the sweat of our brow

And we made it flower

Yes, we made it flower

Karl Oskar

I watched my father fight

Those cruel stones

I saw him crippled at the end

They broke his bones

But here the plow runs deep

The roots reach low

A man stands taller here

His children grow

What we've done I will defend

Settlers

What we've done we will defend

Karl Oskar

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

The earth lay quiet here

Since time began

Through all Creation waiting here

The coming of man

No corn grew in these parts

No cattle grazed

Now there's no field that goes unploughed

The children we have raised

They do us proud

The Lord be praised

Settlers

The fruit of the harvest

The roof I raised here

The logs that fell to my axe

What am I to blame for?

Nojd

Nothing you feel some shame for?

Settlers

We came for a new life

To find a future

With just the shirt on our backs

We found what we came for

Nojd

And you burned down the wild grass

Settlers

Where once there was wild grass

There is abundance

And, yes, we're proud of the fact

That we have dug and tilled

And drilled and hacked

Karl Oskar

We ask no favor

We ask no pardon

We found a wilderness here

We planted a garden

Where once there was wild grass!

• Artist:Kristina från Duvemåla (musical)