{"id":2478,"date":"2013-05-30T21:42:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T19:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/?page_id=2478"},"modified":"2022-05-15T07:36:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T05:36:41","slug":"emperors-and-kings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/2006-2010\/kristina-at-carnegie-hall\/emperors-and-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"Emperors And Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Louise Pitre, Joy Hermalyn, David Hess, Russell Watson, Helen Sj\u00f6holm, Ensemble
\n<\/strong>
\nSettlers<\/strong>
\nIf you wanna be free of emperors and kings!
\nLeave the kings and emperors behind you
\nDon’t let’em tie you down and clip your wings
\nDon’t let’em shackle and bind you
\n
\nUlrika <\/strong>
\nI was four when the parish
\nAuctioned me away
\n
\nSettlers <\/strong>
\nShame on those
\nWho sold you and who used you<\/p>\n

Ulrika <\/strong>
\nThey were like wolves and I was easy prey<\/p>\n

Settlers <\/strong>
\nShame and the men who abused you
\n
\nDanjel <\/strong>
\nI was giving Communion
\nI was not ordained<\/p>\n

Settlers <\/strong>
\nSo they jailed you in the name of Jesus<\/p>\n

Danjel <\/strong>
\nHere I can preach the Gospel unconstrained<\/p>\n

Settlers<\/strong>
\nHere he can preach what he pleases!
\nNever again will we lower our eyes
\nFearing the powers that be
\nSwallowing sermons from men we despise
\nMen who command by decree<\/p>\n

It’s a funny old new world! \u2013 All is upside down!
\nHe who was a pauper can be king here
\nGiven a voice a man can stand his ground
\nHe who was silent can sing here
\n
\nFina-Kajsa<\/strong>
\nCry for Anders, my son
\nFor he was all I had<\/p>\n

Settlers<\/strong>
\nDragged a grindstone to her son from Sweden<\/p>\n

Fina-Kajsa<\/strong>
\nBut when I found him, drink had made him mad
\n
\nSettlers <\/strong>
\nLost in this Garden of Eden!<\/p>\n

Karl Oskar <\/strong>
\nThere is just one regret
\nOne thing I’ve come to know<\/p>\n

Settlers<\/strong>
\nHere we are and here we’ll stay forever<\/p>\n

Karl Oskar <\/strong>
\nWe should have come here many years ago!<\/p>\n

Settlers <\/strong>
\nLater is better than never!<\/p>\n

Never again will we lower our eyes
\nFearing the powers that be
\nSwallowing sermons from men we despise
\nMen who command by decree
\nIf you wanna be free of emperors and kings!
\nLeave the kings and emperors behind you
\nDon’t let \u2018em tie you down and clip your wings
\nDon’t let \u2018em shackle and bind you
\n
\nKarl Oskar <\/strong>
\nDearest Kristina, please tell me what’s wrong<\/p>\n

Kristina <\/strong>
\nPay no attention to me<\/p>\n

Danjel <\/strong>
\nMaybe it’s time for us all to go home
\nIt’s been a very long day<\/p>\n

Kristina <\/strong>
\nWhat a fool I must seem
\nForgive me, everyone
\nPlease ignore
\nA silly woman weeping<\/p>\n

Karl Oskar <\/strong>
\nI’m gonna build
\na bigger house next year
\nA house that’ll be worth the keeping<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2010 Mono Music AB<\/em><\/p>\n

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