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"From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water" (1909) is a popular song composed by Charles Wakefield Cadman. He based it on an Omaha love song collected by Alice C. Fletcher. "Sky-blue water" or "clear blue water" is one possible translation of "Mnisota", the name for the Minnesota River in the Dakota language.[1]
"From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water" | |
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![]() Sheet music cover, 1909 | |
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Published | 1909 |
Composer(s) | Charles Wakefield Cadman |
Lyricist(s) | Nelle Richmond Eberhart |
Cadman's collaborator, Nelle Richmond Eberhart, wrote a poem as the lyrics:
From the Land of Sky-blue Water,
They brought a captive maid,
And her eyes they are lit with lightnings,
Her heart is not afraid!
But I steal to her lodge at dawning,
I woo her with my flute;
She is sick for the Sky-blue Water,
The captive maid is mute.[2]
The song became widely popular after noted American soprano Lillian Nordica performed it in concert in 1909.
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