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