{"id":2494,"date":"2013-05-30T21:54:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T19:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/?page_id=2494"},"modified":"2022-05-15T07:37:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T05:37:00","slug":"queen-of-the-prairie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/2006-2010\/kristina-at-carnegie-hall\/queen-of-the-prairie\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Of The Prairie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russell Watson, Claire Tendl, Madeleine Rose Yen, Josh Caggiano, Helen Sj\u00f6holm, David Hess,
\nJoy Hermalyn, Raymond Jaramillo McLeod, Louise Pitre, Ensemble
\n<\/strong>
\nHarald <\/strong>
\nYou be quiet
\n
\nJohan<\/strong>
\nIt was your fault<\/p>\n

Karl Oskar<\/strong>
\nLet her sleep – it’s Christmas morning<\/p>\n

Harald <\/strong>
\nIt’s a secret
\n
\nMarta <\/strong>
\nOur secret<\/p>\n

Karl Oskar <\/strong>
\nI have given her no warning!
\n
\nHarald<\/strong>
\nWhat a present<\/p>\n

Johan <\/strong>
\nWhat a Christmas<\/p>\n

Marta<\/strong>
\nI can hardly wait to try it<\/p>\n

Karl Oskar <\/strong>
\nWhen I saw it in the window
\nI could hardly wait to buy it!
\n
\nChildren <\/strong>
\nDon’t you think she will faint when she sees it
\n
\nKarl Oskar<\/strong>
\nShe deserves nothing less
\nFor the way she has cared for us all
\nHeaven knows, she could do with some help
\n
\nChildren<\/strong>
\nIt’s a beauty
\nIt’s a wonder<\/p>\n

Marta <\/strong>
\nI will keep it new and gleaming
\n
\nKarl Oskar <\/strong>
\nShe’ll be speechless
\nFor the first time!<\/p>\n

Children <\/strong>
\nShe will think she still is dreaming<\/p>\n

Karl Oskar & Children<\/strong>
\nLike a royal lady with a silv’ry crown
\nShe’s such a splendid sight
\nIt’s as if an angel fluttering down
\nHas filled the room with light
\nIt’s as if a Queen in full array
\nUpon her throne has come to stay
\n\u201cQueen of the Prairie\u201d
\nFor doing us the honour
\nPeace and blessings be upon her
\nHere on this happy Christmas day
\n
\nKristina<\/strong>
\nDear God \u2013 it’s heavenly.
\nWhat a gift to get out of the blue
\nAnd it better all be paid for, too!<\/p>\n

Karl Oskar<\/strong>
\n\u201cQueen of the Prairie\u201d is never gonna leave us
\n
\nChildren <\/strong>
\nNever ever gonna leave us<\/p>\n

Karl Oskar & Children <\/strong>
\nHere is a present just for you<\/p>\n

Kristina <\/strong>
\nYou are welcome<\/p>\n

Karl Oskar<\/strong>
\nVery welcome<\/p>\n

Ulrika<\/strong>
\nSnow is high<\/p>\n

Guest <\/strong>
\nAnd piling higher<\/p>\n

Danjel<\/strong>
\nI am frozen to the marrow<\/p>\n

Karl Oskar <\/strong>
\nCome and sit here by the fire<\/p>\n

Thomassen<\/strong>
\nI smell women \u2013 lovely ladies
\n
\nFina-Kajsa <\/strong>
\nHave you ever seen such weather?<\/p>\n

Kristina <\/strong>
\nWhen I saw it
\nWell, I tell you
\nCould’ve floored me with a feather!<\/p>\n

Ulrika <\/strong>
\nWell now, what in the world have we got here?
\n
\nKarl Oskar<\/strong>
\nIt’s a cast iron stove that they say is the best<\/p>\n

Kristina <\/strong>
\nAnd \u201cThe Queen of the Prairie\u201d is how she’s addressed<\/p>\n

Ulrika <\/strong>
\nShall I curtsey?
\n
\nFina-Kajsa <\/strong>
\nKeep you cosy<\/p>\n

Danjel <\/strong>
\nGod is good to you, Karl Oskar<\/p>\n

All <\/strong>
\nLike a royal lady
\nWith a silv’ry crown
\nShe’s such a splendid sight
\nIt’s as if an angel fluttering down
\nHas filled the room with light
\nRaise a glass of stout and shout hooray
\nFor a lady’s here, and here to stay
\nQueen of the Prairie, for doing us the honour
\nPeace and blessings be upon her
\nHappy, oh happy Christmas day<\/p>\n

She is worthy of a palace kitchen
\nOr a very grand hotel
\nShe will cook a goose, or boil you a moose
\nAnd keep you warm as well
\nMore pots and pans you’ve seldom seen
\nSuch a regal stove there’s never been
\nQueen of the Prairie
\nFor doing us the honour
\nPeace and blessings be upon her
\nHail to Her Majesty the Queen!
\n
\nKarl Oskar <\/strong>
\n. . . I say, it feels good
\nTo know I am my own master
\nHere I own every acre
\nI bring in my corn from fields that are mine<\/p>\n

Nojd <\/strong>
\nDamn you, Nilsson!
\nThis is not your land
\nNor can it belong to any man
\nThey say among the Indians
\nThis earth is like the heavens
\nNo arms can ever hold them
\nMoney cannot buy them
\nYou cannot hold a cloud
\nThe earth cannot be claimed
\nBy any people<\/p>\n

Karl Oskar<\/strong>
\nEvery acre stamped and paid for
\nYou’ve lived too long with the Indians<\/p>\n

Nojd<\/strong>
\nAll is taken
\nAll is stolen
\nFrom the proud Indians<\/p>\n

Karl Oskar <\/strong>
\nMust I show you deeds and treaties?
\nOne dollar twenty per acre<\/p>\n

Nojd <\/strong>
\nScraps of paper
\nFrom a white man
\nThey don’t make sense to these people<\/p>\n

Karl Oskar <\/strong>
\nWe have laws in Minnesota!<\/p>\n

Nojd <\/strong>
\nThe laws of white men
\nNot of Indians<\/p>\n

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

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