This definitely is a moving away from home song. I think the message is that you always take a part of your "home" with you, wherever you go. Of course, it would make much more sense if the lyrics were correct: the third (and 9th) line is "since THEY never moved an inch," which I take it means that the part of the prairie they have with them is only in their heart, since the prairies are physically still in AB.
This definitely is a moving away from home song. I think the message is that you always take a part of your "home" with you, wherever you go. Of course, it would make much more sense if the lyrics were correct: the third (and 9th) line is "since THEY never moved an inch," which I take it means that the part of the prairie they have with them is only in their heart, since the prairies are physically still in AB.