Tonart: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
other night when all the world was still
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That I walked out with Abraham
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below a fortress on a hill
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We looked across the Saint Charles River
to the heights that bear his Name
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And talked of things that had transpired since
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the last time that he came
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Says I on these fields grazed your cattle
raised on these your kith and kin
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And on this field was fiery battle
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Montcalm to lose and Wolfe to win
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Says he but they both died of wounds
inflicted by the cannonade
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These wounds it seems were never healed,
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they fester to this day
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When will this fighting en d
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When will we learn to recognize
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Who is foe and who is friend
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This field that bears your name
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For one a field of victory
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For one a field of shame
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What of your children Abraham
dispersed from this your plain
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The continent they conquered though they
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did it in another's name
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The land they won but for their
strife the profits went astray
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The money never crossed their
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palms or let them have their say
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Are we sometimes bound by pride
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Too mindful of our hopes and
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dreams to let the anger slide
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When will this fighting end
When will we learn to recognize
Who is foe and who is friend
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This field that bears your name
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For one a field of victory
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For one a field of shame
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What of the future Abraham
will we achieve some peace
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From these solitudes we wander
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in will there be a release
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Will my children learn to find a way
to bridge the distance I have not
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To learn the scars of history
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are sometimes best forgotten
And I had a dream the other night
when all the world was still
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That I walked out with Ab raham
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that Abraham was living still
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And in the dream we parted,
as families oftimes will
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Our questions left unanswered
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though not through lack of will
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The questions linger on
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There is no hope in all this strife
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There is no right or wrong
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This field that bears your name
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For one a field of victory
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For one a field of shame
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Abraham
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