Prairie Public Shorts
Patty Kakac "Seven Sisters of the Prairie"
7/12/2024 | 4m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Patty Kakac performs "Seven Sisters of the Prairie".
Patty Kakac from Evansville, MN has spent nearly 40 years performing as a solo artist and with groups in the upper Midwest. She performs original songs on instruments include guitar, autoharp, and harmonica. Listen as she performs "Seven Sisters of the Prairie".
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Prairie Public Shorts is a local public television program presented by Prairie Public
Prairie Public Shorts
Patty Kakac "Seven Sisters of the Prairie"
7/12/2024 | 4m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Patty Kakac from Evansville, MN has spent nearly 40 years performing as a solo artist and with groups in the upper Midwest. She performs original songs on instruments include guitar, autoharp, and harmonica. Listen as she performs "Seven Sisters of the Prairie".
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
How to Watch Prairie Public Shorts
Prairie Public Shorts is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(gentle guitar music) ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Seven Sisters of the Prairie ♪ ♪ I will lay me down to rest ♪ ♪ Watch the sun traverse across the sky ♪ ♪ From the east to the west ♪ ♪ Leave your burdens ♪ ♪ On the top of these old hills ♪ ♪ Screams the red-tail in the distance ♪ ♪ All is quiet, all is still ♪ ♪ Mm, hmm, mm ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ Seven Sisters of the Prairie ♪ ♪ I have come to you at last ♪ ♪ Come to share your stories ♪ ♪ Stories of the past ♪ ♪ For need we remember ♪ ♪ All the souls that went before ♪ ♪ Their broken bodies lie along ♪ ♪ Along Christina's shore ♪ ♪ Sisters of the Prairie ♪ ♪ I see you walking still ♪ ♪ Your proud shoulders carry ♪ ♪ All your strength and all your will ♪ ♪ The grasses rise to touch your hands ♪ ♪ As if to say good-bye ♪ ♪ The Sisters weep for you ♪ ♪ But still you cannot cry ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ Seven Sisters of the Prairie ♪ ♪ I will leave you with your moons ♪ ♪ To tend these hills so gently ♪ ♪ Heal the ancient wounds ♪ ♪ From all the careless hatred ♪ ♪ And all the endless wars ♪ ♪ I hear the Sisters calling ♪ ♪ Peace for evermore ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah ♪ - [Announcer] Funded by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 and by the members of Prairie Public.
Support for PBS provided by:
Prairie Public Shorts is a local public television program presented by Prairie Public