Donner Party Favors

Fall was changing colors as we saw the mountains looming in the west

Mr. Donner told us that he was the man who knew this country best

He was shouting from the front the pass ahead would lead us to salvation

Beside the oxen wagon sweet Louise was walking in the midday sun

Humming nearer my God to thee

Take anything you want from me

Take anything at all

I wanted her so badly but the men around her guarded her like gold

She hid behind her blanket as the world around us started to grow cold

The trail was frozen over and thе rumors started spreading of starvation

Fate was chosеn for us but I knew her lips would touch me when the day was done

And I sang nearer my God to thee

Take anything you want from me

Take anything at all

Bird songs broke the silence and the manzanitas blossomed all around

The things Louise had buried in the snow now lay scattered on the ground

In the night I lay out in the grass beneath the silver constellations

And now I know for certain that none of us were winners when the west was won

And I sing nearer my God to thee

Take anything you want from me

Take anything at all