Hiawatha's Vision Lyrics - Johnny Cash

On the shores of Gitchgoomy by the shining big sea water 

Hiawatha old and greyin' listened to the older prophet listened to lagu 

And the young men and the women from the land of Ojibways 

From the land of the Dakotas from the woodlands and the prairies 

Stood and listened to the prophet heard lagu tell Hiawatha 

I have seen he said a water bigger that the big sea water 

Broader than the Gitchgoomy bitter so that none cold drink it 

Salty so that none would use it 

Hiawatha then spoke to them stopped all their jeering and their jesting 

And he spoke to all the people 

It's true what lagu tells you for I have seen it in a vision 

I have also seen the water to the East to the land of morning 

And upon this great water came a strange canoe with pinions 

Bigger than a grove of pine trees taller than the tallest tree tops 

And upon this great canoe were sails to carry it swiftly 

And it carried many people strange and foreign were these people 

And white were all their faces and with hair their chins were covered 

Then said Hiawatha I beheld a darker vision 

Many hundreds came behind them pushed their way across our prairies 

In our woodlands rang their axes in our valleys smoked their cities 

Our people were all scattered all forgetful of our councils 

Left their homelands going westward wild and woeful 

And the man with bearded faces the men with skin so fair 

With their barking sticks of thunder drove the remnants of our people 

Farther westward westward westward then wild wild and wilder 

Grew the West that once was ours 

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