In the 1600's of North America

And there she stood waiting to be settled Upon the seas and rocks they peddled A vast wonder with the hopes of plenty So onward they colonized in groups of about twenty From the ships they sailed for months with so many The British matched on first in the 16th century And joining together were the first thirteen colonies Massachusetts and Virginia, New Hampshire Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina And so it was written in ink in the old anthologies Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode island Across rugged natural land They landed on Plymouth’s sands With an eagerness and guns in their hands They fished and hunted and made plans And here they lived in homes of dirt and sands With thatched roofs and fireplaces for heat And they cooked venison for meat Travel was limited on foot and horses of mass And steps for mounting were made for women Trails made for way of the wheel that couldn’t be surpassed “Gigs” replaced traveling chairs then came wagons and carriages, that would take them to church to say their prayers, and attend marriages And so that was the way it was, back in those years North America was settled Through the trials and the sweat and tears A nation that has since grown and prospered from the frontiers