My Sweet Prairie Child
lyrics © Jed Marum, 2015, melody based on trad
As the sun wanders over hill
All the homestead is quiet and still
In this moment you come to my heart and I
Remember my sweet prairie child
There's a family that you never knew
There's a hole in my heart you passed through
And you come to me here in these few quiet moments
My darling my sweet prairie child
{First Chorus}
But I still feel your touch on my face
I still feel the warmth of your breath
Though so many long years have gone by I remember
My darling my sweet prairie child
{second phrase inst}
You're the child of mine who never grew
For your days on this earth were so few
And this hard prairie life and the fever they took you,
Forever, my sweet Prairie Child
Soon your brothers and sisters arrived
And we worked to be faithful and thrived
But since God took you home to His bosom, I miss you
My heart aches, my sweet Prairie Child
{Second Chorus}
Now I sense your sweet voice on the wind
And the sweet angel scent of your skin
And you come to me now in these few quiet moments
My darling my sweet prairie child
But I still feel your touch on my face
I still feel the warmth of your breath
Though so many long years have gone by I remember
My darling my sweet prairie child
NOTE: This song was inspired by the true story of an immigrant family, settling 19th Century Kansas - as told in the family memoir, "Sod and Stubble."
Lyrics Submitted by Jed Marum