by Kathryn Jackson (1907 - 1955) and by Byron Jackson (1899 - 1949)
Prairie Prayer
Language: English
Prairie goes to the mountain, Mountain goes to the sky. The sky sweeps across to the distant hills And here, in the middle, Am I. Hills crowd down to the river, River runs by the tree. Tree throws its shadow on sunburnt grass And here, in the shadow, Is me. Shadows creep up the mountain, Mountain goes black on the sky, The sky bursts out with a million stars And here, by the campfire, Am I.
Authorship:
- by Kathryn Jackson (1907 - 1955) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Byron Jackson (1899 - 1949) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Prairie Prayer", 1996. [baritone and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Paul Ezust [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2017-10-21
Line count: 15
Word count: 76