~ Home Is Where The Heart Is ~

"The Prairie Is My Garden" by Harvey Dunn

"Dakota Plains"

I've felt the ocean soft as rain;
I've climbed a mountain in the sky.
But for me I'll take the prairie plain,
Serene for me from morn til nigh.

To see the long tall prairie grass
Ripplin' like water in the wind;
To see the beauty come to pass,
And to feel the calmness from within.

Sod houses sat there long ago
As Pioneers labored 'ore the soil.
They wearily worked with hand and hoe;
A labor of love was the toil.

Great Sioux Indians roamed these plains
To hunt and fish for food.
This outdoors was wealth and fame
This land they understood.

The Sacred Hills they did love
And respected peaks so high
Here they spoke to God above
As He answered their every cry.

The Badlands are a beautiful sight;
A land of colored hues.
Purples and pinks left and right;
All colors you can't refuse.

But still the great Dakota plains
Are what I love the best.
Here I stood in sun and rain
And originally built my nest.

Here I hope to live my days,
And someday soon return
To feel the warm and sunny rays
Of the Dakota plains I yearn.

As long as we are happy and well, and our immediate family, i.e. kids, grandkids, etc. are near, home is definitely where our heart is. But there is always something to be said about the "Home" where we were born, where we were raised and where grew up. A little piece of our heart (or maybe a big piece of our heart) is still there - at our first and original home. This is . . .

. . . the home that I "go home" to

"Family and Friends Index"

"Grandpa, Tell Me"

"I Saw An Angel Cry"

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~ StinaLisa ~

"The Black Hills Of Dakota"
Performed by Doris Day from the 1953 movie "Calamity Jane"
starring Howard Keel and Doris Day

Take me back to the Black Hills
The Black Hills of Dakota
To the beautiful Indian country that I love.

Lost my heart in the Black Hills
The Black Hills of Dakota
Where the pines are so high
That they kiss the sky above.

And when I get that lonesome feeling
And I'm miles away from home
I hear the voice of the mystic mountains
Calling me back home.

So take me back to the Black Hills
The Black Hills of Dakota
To the beautiful Indian country that I love.

The music playing is a condensed version of "The Black Hills Of South Dakota", and is for entertainment, educational and evaluation purposes only. Titles have full copyright by their respective artists and record companies. Please show your support for the artists who gave us this great music by purchasing their CDs.

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Thank you.

March 1999