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Oh, oh, oh
Let’s go down in the river my love
Oh, oh, oh
And follow the tracks in the dust that my father’s bloodline here has left for me

Stretching out under wide prairie skies
Oh, sweet blue Alberta eyes

Well, my father
He is so proud
To be born on the river
You can’t miss him, he’ll shout it out loud

And my mother
She was born in the corn
But her parents were travellers
Took her down where the coulees are worn

Tracing hearts across High Level Bridges and five hour drives
They came together in the Champion City in ’85

Oh, oh, oh
Let’s go down in the river my love
Oh, oh, oh
And follow the tracks in the dust that my father’s bloodline here has left for me

Stretching out under wide prairie skies
Oh, sweet blue Alberta eyes

I was born in the gateway
In the fields of the sun
Broke my heart on the highway
And it hurt but I never did run

And while some, they may leave you
I was never the one who could just say goodbye
I’ll be with you always
Sweet blue Alberta eyes

Prairie skies, sweet Alberta eyes
Prairie skies, sweet Alberta eyes
Prairie skies, sweet Alberta eyes

Prairie skies, sweet Alberta eyes 

Oh my sweet Alberta eyes

​Oh, oh, oh
Let’s go down in the river my love
Oh, oh, oh
And follow the tracks in the dust that my father’s bloodline here has left for me

Stretching out under wide prairie skies
Oh, sweet blue Alberta eyes
(Oh beauty you cradle us)
Oh, sweet blue Alberta eyes
(Oh beauty you cradle us)
Oh sweet blue Alberta eyes

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from Emily Nancy Guthrie & The Wildflowers EP, released July 7, 2017

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Emily Nancy Guthrie & the Wildflowers Edmonton, Alberta

Emily Nancy Guthrie & The Wildflowers are a 4-piece folk/pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, led by Emily Nancy Guthrie.

Guthrie is greatly inspired by Joni Mitchell, Regina Spektor, and many other piano-centric female songwriters, and her songs focus heavily on lyrics and vocal harmony, exploring themes close to her heart, including matrilineal histories and her prairie homeland. ... more

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