Kevin Odekirk, Greg Stone, Russell Watson
Robert
We always swore we’d stick together
in America – remember that?
Arvid
It was a solemn promise!
Robert
Then I will tell you all about my secret plan
We’re heading West to dig for gold in California
Arvid
And you want me to come along
Robert
And when we’ve dug our fill
we’re going home again
to build a mansion where we’ll
Live like country squires!
Robert & Arvid
There’s no farmhand who’s done that before
Arvid
Still and all it’s pleasant here,
Why be in such a hurry
Robert
Think of all the poor old wretches
That we left behind us
Arvid
They slave all their life for a pittance
They’re treated like swine and
they sleep in a sty
Where they scuffle for
crumbs till the day that they die
Robert
No, we mustn’t end up as paupers
Robert & Arvid
Our future is in California and waiting
out there is a bright shining mountain of gold
Robert
It knows we are coming
Arvid
Yes, I hear it calling
Robert
The sooner, the better
Robert & Arvid
We’re on our way
Karl Oskar
The pitiless fight for survival out there
Would be fatal for you and your
whims can only lead to disasters
Robert
Don’t you see that scratching for gold
Will be heaven. For one who has
worked for the wickedest of masters
Karl Oskar
You’re too young to make it
Just eighteen, remember!
Robert
At fourteen – remember!
You knew exactly where you were heading
Karl Oskar
That was back at home, things were different in Sweden
Robert
No older than fourteen, you seem to be forgetting
Karl Oskar
As a child you went reaching for rainbows,
I see that you still do
Robert
All the rich men out in California piss into
pots made of gold
Karl Oskar
Every word a lie. And so typical of you!
Robert
They all dawdle about night and day; without shame, so I’m told!
Karl Oskar
So you think you just pick up a
spade and your fortune will be made
Robert
And when I return I’ll share it with you fairly
– The brotherly way!
Karl Oskar
Well, you mark my words
You’ll regret your escapade
Robert & Arvid
There is nothing to add
We are leaving whatever you say
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