Queen Of The Prairie lyrics
Queen Of The Prairie lyrics
Harald
You be quiet
Johan
It was your fault
Karl Oskar
Let her sleep - it's Christmas morning
Harald
It's a secret
Marta
Our secret
Karl Oskar
I have given her no warning!
Harald
What a present
Johan
What a Christmas
Marta
I can hardly wait to try it
Karl Oskar
When I saw it
in the window
I could hardly wait to buy it!
Children
Don't you think she will faint when she sees it
Karl Oskar
She deserves nothing less
For the way she has cared for us all
Heaven knows, she could do with some help
Children
It's a beauty
It's a wonder
Marta
I will keep it new and gleaming
Karl Oskar
She'll be speechless
For the first time!
Children
She will think she still is dreaming
Karl Oskar & Children
Like a royal lady with a silv'ry crown
She's such a splendid sight
It's as if an angel fluttering down
Has filled the room with light
It's as if a Queen in full array
Upon her throne has come to stay
"Queen of the Prairie"
For doing us the honour
Peace and blessings be upon her
Here on this happy Christmas Day
Kristina
Dear God - it's heavenly.
What a gift to get out of the blue
And it better all be paid for, too!
Karl Oskar
"Queen of the Prairie" is never gonna leave us
Children
Never ever gonna leave us
Karl Oskar & Children
Here is a present just for you
Kristina
You are welcome
Karl Oskar
Very welcome
Ulrika
Snow is high
Guest
-- and piling higher
Danjel
I am frozen to the marrow
Karl Oskar
Come and sit here by the fire
Thomassen
I smell women - lovely ladies
Fina Kajsa
Have you ever seen such weather?
Kristina
When I saw it
Well, I tell you
Could've floored me with a feather!
Ulrika
Well now, what in the world have we got here?
Karl Oskar
It's a cast iron stove that they say is the best
Kristina
And "The Queen of the Prairie" is how she's
addressed
Ulrika
Shall I curtsey?
Fina Kajsa
Keep you cosy
Danjel
God is good to you, Karl Oskar
All
Like a royal lady
With a silv'ry crown
She's such a splendid sight
It's as if an angel fluttering down
Has filled the room with light
Raise a glass of stout and shout hooray
For a lady's here, and here to stay
Queen of the Prairie, for doing us the honour
Peace and blessing be upon her
Happy, oh happy Christmas day
She is worthy of a palace kitchen
Or a very grand hotel
She will cook a goose, or boil you a moose
And keep you warm as well
More pots and pans you've seldom seen
Such a regal stove there's never been
Queen of the Prairie
For doing us the honour
Peace and blessings be upon her
Hail to Her Majesty the Queen!
Karl Oskar
...I say, it feels good
To know I am my own master
Here I own every acre
I bring in my corn from fields that are mine
Nojd
Damn you, Nilsson!
This is not your land
Nor can it belong to any man
They say among the Indians
This earth is like the heavens
No arms can ever hold a cloud
The earth cannot be claimed
By any people
Karl Oskar
Every acre stamped and paid for
You've lived too long with the Indians
Nojd
All is taken
All is stolen
From the proud Indians
Karl Oskar
Must I show you deeds and treaties?
One dollar twenty per acre
Nojd
Scraps of paper
From a white man
They don't make sense to these people
Karl Oskar
We have laws in Minnesota
Nojd
The laws of white men
Not of Indians