Sunlight
on blue water,
Mist on
shrouded hills,
This
place of moving magic,
Instills my soul with peace.
When I
was just a young man,
My father
brought me here,
Enchantment
shifted on the lake,
And bound
my
Seven
mighty wonders,
They say
this world contains,
I guess I
dreamed of most of them,
And been to see the rest.
Although
I’ve travelled far away,
I’m
summoned to return,
The
wonders of this big wide world,
Can’t beat this place called home.
The
mountains and the pasture lands,
The
rivers, streams and hills,
Are
intrinsic parts of me,
And ones I can’t refuse.
These
lands, that are my father’s,
And, one
day, shall be mine,
Are bone,
and blood, and tissue,
And rock, and root, and stone.
My father
and my brothers,
They know
I love them, dear,
They to,
are a part of me,
And serve to tie me here.
The hours
I work are long and hard,
The work
I do is cruel,
I rope
and tie, and cut and brand,
I’ve always done my share.
I dig and
drive, and fell and ride,
My hands
are ridged with scars,
My eyes
are faded by the sun,
I’ve shouted my voice hoarse.
I’ve
never minded what I do,
To make
this ranch work pay,
I’ve
shot, I’ve killed for what is mine,
And I’ll do it again today!
My
shoulders broad, my belly flat,
My back
is straight and strong,
I stand
as tall as these great trees,
That march across the shore.
When, at
last my strength departs,
My spirit
goes to God,
Lay me
low beneath this land,
In the
place you know I love.
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