Hello crichardss,
I found two versions of this song for you:
DAKOTA LAND
TUNE: OH TANNEBAUM (Oh Christmas Tree)
Dakota land, Dakota land, upon thy fertile ground we stand.
And gaze across the burning plains, and pray to God to send
the rains, our horses are the finest race, starvation
stares them in the face.
Our chickens are to poor to eat, they've scratched the toes
right off their feet, we have no wheat, we have no oats,
we have no corn to feed out goats,
But with a smile upon our lips, we'll gather up the buffalo
chips, upon this land we'll have to stay, we're too darn
poor to move away.
Dakota land so fertile and rich, we think you are a honey.
Dakota land, Dakota land, upon thy fertile ground we stand,
and gaze across the flooded plains and pray to God to
stop the rains, our horses are the finest race, they
have to swim from place to place.
Our chickens are too poor to eat, they have no webs upon
their feet, we have no wheat, we have no oats, we cannot
harvest them from boats,
But with a smile upon our lips we stand in mud up to our
hips, upon this land we'll have to stay, we have no
boats to move away.
Dakota land so fertile and rich, we think you are a honey.
Source: http://www.geocities.com/philmontsongbook/pg007.html
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DAKOTA LAND (VERSION 2)
Refrain:
O Dakota Land, sweet Dakota land.
As on the fiery soil I stand.
I look across the plains.
And wonder why it never rains,
Til Gabriel blows his trumpet sound
And says the rain’s just gone around.
1.
We’ve reached the land of desert sweet,
Where nothing grows for man to eat,
The wind it blows with feverish heat
Across the plains so hard to beat.
2.
We’ve reached the land of hills and stones
Where all is strewn with buffalo bones.
O buffalo bones, bleached buffalo bones,
I seem to hear your sighs and moans.
3.
We have no wheat, we have no oats,
We have no corn to feed our shoats;
Our chickens are so very poor
They beg for crumbs outside the door.
4.
Our horses are of bronco race
Starvation stares them in the face.
We do not live, we only stay;
We are too poor to get away.
SOURCE: http://www.isbe.state.il.us/assessment/aageography/assess/9-12-06.htm
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