Keelaghan James Abraham Lyrics

Abraham Lyrics

I had a dream the other night when all the world was still
That I walked out
with Abraham below a fortess on a hill
We looked across the Saint Charles
River to the heights that bear his Name
And talked of things that had
transpired since the last time that he came
Says I on these fields grazed
your cattle raised on these your kith and kin
And on this field was fiery
battle Montcalm to lose and Wolfe to win
Says he but they both died of
wounds infliced by the cannonade
These wounds it seems were never healed,
they fester to this day
Abraham
When will this fighting end
When will
we learn to recognize
Who is foe and who is friend
Abraham
This field
that bears your name
For one a field of victory
For one a field of
shame
What of your children Abraham dispersed from this your plain
The
continent they conquered though they did it in another's name
The land they
won but for their strife the profits went astray
The money never crossed
their palms or let them have their say
Abraham
Are we sometimes bound by
pride
Too mindful of our hopes and dreams to let the anger
slide
Abraham
Abraham
When will this fighting end
When will we
learn to recognize
Who is foe and who is friend
Abraham
This field
that bears your name
For one a field of victory
For one a field of
shame
What of the future Abraham will we achieve some peace
From these
solitudes we wander in will there be a release
Will my children learn to
find a way to bridge the distance I have not
To learn the scars of history
are sometimes best forgotten
And I had a dream the other night when all the
world was still
That I walked out with Abraham that Abraham was living
still
And in the dream we parted, as families oftimes will
Our questions
left unanswered though not through lack of will
Abraham
The questions
linger on
There is no hope in all this strife
There is no right or
wrong
Abraham
This field that bears your name
For one a field of
victory
For one a field of shame
Abraham