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Prairie Girl Gone - Po' Girl
Written by：Allison Russell
She was a child of the prairies a daughter of the depression
Her parents fed the hobos right in the kitchen
Her daddy was a hard man with few words to spare
But he was gentle with the Clydesdales
And always tried to be fair
He'd been a fourteen year old orphan from Scotland
With his little brother in tow
They came to find themselves a better life
In the land of wind and snow
A long walk from nowhere they built a farm out of hope
Great grand uncle never saw it prosper
He died young at the some
Long ago and far away
Long ago just yesterday
Her mother was a fey one
She knew the ways of beasts and trees
When she was joyous the whole world beamed
When she was sad it grieved
Great grandpa first saw her
When she was just a young girl
He said i will wait for you to grow up
If you'll be my wife in the new world
She'd been the pride of her brothers
Caught on canvas by a famous painter
She never left her small town in Scotland
Til she crossed the ocean to live among strangers
Long ago and far away long ago I'm going yesterday
My grandma was a smart girl
She rode her pony star to school
Studied her way off of
That farm went to teachers college down in Saskatoon
She and grandpa married young had four kids one after the other
But he was an artist trapped inside a teacher
She was a teacher trapped inside of a mother
The family moved to Montreal and they slowly fell apart
Grandma had another baby got her PHD
Grandpa met another woman who understood his art
Long ago and far away long ago just yesterday
Now grandma lives in an old folks home
It's such a shame 'cause she's still so young
Sometimes she's scared when friends and family come
Doesn't know who we are or why we won't leave her alone
The life she knew's a shadow grown faint and long
Sometimes it wavers sometimes it's strong
But I sing the songs she taught to me
I see her the way that she used to be
I can still remember all her stories
I'm her living breathing memory I'm her living breathing memory
Long ago and far away long ago I'm going yesterday
Long ago and far away long ago just yesterday
It's all so long ago I'll see you yesterday
