Charles River Song

I had a dream the other night when all the world was still
 That I walked out with Abraham below a fortress 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 inflicted 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