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<pre><font size='+2'>FOREFATHERS lyrics DAN FOGELBERG</font><br>They came from Scandinavia<br />
 The land of midnight sun<br />
 And crossed the North Atlantic<br />
 When this century was young<br />
 They`d heard that in America<br />
 Every man was free<br />
 To live the way he chose to live<br />
 And be who he could be.<br />
 <br />
 Some of them were farmers there<br />
 And tilled the frozen soil<br />
 But all they got was poverty<br />
 For all their earnest toil<br />
 They say one was a sailor<br />
 Who sailed the wide world round<br />
 Made home port--got drunk one night<br />
 Walked off the pier and drowned.<br />
 <br />
 My mother was of Scottish blood<br />
 It`s there that she was born<br />
 They brought her to America in 1924<br />
 They left behind the highlands<br />
 And the heather covered hills<br />
 And came to find America<br />
 With broad, expectant dreams<br />
 And iron wills.<br />
 <br />
 My grandad worked the steel mills<br />
 Of central Illinois<br />
 His daughter was his jewel<br />
 His son was just his boy<br />
 For thirty years he worked the mills<br />
 And stoked the coke-fed fires<br />
 And looked toward the day<br />
 When he`d at last turn 65<br />
 And could retire.<br />
 <br />
 Chorus<br />
 And the sons become the fathers<br />
 And the daughters will be wives<br />
 As the torch is passed from hand to hand<br />
 And we struggle through our lives<br />
 Though the generations wander<br />
 The lineage survives<br />
 And all of us<br />
 From dust to dust<br />
 We all become forefathers<br />
 By and by.<br />
 <br />
 The woman and the man were wed<br />
 Just after the war<br />
 And they settled in this river town<br />
 And three fine sons she bore<br />
 One became a lawyer<br />
 And one fine pictures drew<br />
 And one became this lonely soul<br />
 Who sits here now<br />
 And sings this song to you.<br />
 <br />
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They came from Scandinavia
The land of midnight sun
And crossed the North Atlantic
When this century was young
They`d heard that in America
Every man was free
To live the way he chose to live
And be who he could be.

Some of them were farmers there
And tilled the frozen soil
But all they got was poverty
For all their earnest toil
They say one was a sailor
Who sailed the wide world round
Made home port--got drunk one night
Walked off the pier and drowned.

My mother was of Scottish blood
It`s there that she was born
They brought her to America in 1924
They left behind the highlands
And the heather covered hills
And came to find America
With broad, expectant dreams
And iron wills.

My grandad worked the steel mills
Of central Illinois
His daughter was his jewel
His son was just his boy
For thirty years he worked the mills
And stoked the coke-fed fires
And looked toward the day
When he`d at last turn 65
And could retire.

Chorus
And the sons become the fathers
And the daughters will be wives
As the torch is passed from hand to hand
And we struggle through our lives
Though the generations wander
The lineage survives
And all of us
From dust to dust
We all become forefathers
By and by.

The woman and the man were wed
Just after the war
And they settled in this river town
And three fine sons she bore
One became a lawyer
And one fine pictures drew
And one became this lonely soul
Who sits here now
And sings this song to you.

(Repeat chorus)

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