I wish I were on distant hill My lover there beside me still The granite may be washed to sand Before my soul shall rest upon my land The red coats came to take their fill They bent my people to their will But wait, wait, wait for me My soul shall rest again in my country
They smashed my drum and spinning wheel Broke us beneath their wicked steel And rode us hard into the ground Now my soul can’t rest upon my land The red coats in their foolish greed Poisoned the wells, trampled the fields But wait, wait, wait for me My soul shall rest again in my country
So we’ll dye our cloth a fiery red The crimson of our mother’s blood Together we will make stand So these souls may rest upon our land The red coats shall ride out no more No longer scrape the sweet earth raw But wait, wait, wait for me We’ll surely rest again in our country
My crimson cloth spins in the rain As I walk towards my home again The silvered morning is at land I know my soul shall rest upon my land My wild heart cannot be still Until I free those distant hills But wait, wait, wait for me My soul shall rest again in my country