Up in a meadow in Jasper, Alberta, two men and four ponies on a long lonesome ride
To see the high country and learn of her people, the ways that they lived there,
The ways that they died.
And one is a teacher and one a beginner
Just wanting to be there and wanting to know
And together they’re trying to tell us a story
That should have been listened to long, long ago.
How the life in the mountains is living in danger from too many people, too many machines.
And the time is upon us today is forever, tomorrow is just one of yesterday’s dreams.
Cold nights in Canada and icy blue winds. The man and the mountains are brothers again.
Clear waters are laughing they sing to the sky, the Rockies are living, they never will die.
Up in a meadow in Jasper, Alberta, two men and four ponies on a long lonesome ride. Hm.
1973 – John Denver – Album: Farewell Andromeda