Jim Fras Remembered

22 comments October 30th, 2006 09:28pm wally.fras

Jim Fras, a Russian refugee who came to Lincoln Nebraska in 1952, composed “Beautiful Nebraska” in 1960. As Fras tells it, “I was lying in a pasture and words just came to me…  Beautiful Nebraska, peaceful prairie land. Laced with many rivers and the hills of
sand.” It took him only one hour to finish the song, but it took seven years of campaigning to get the Nebraska Legislature to designate the song as the Nebraska state song.

This is the very least you would know about this man if you lived in Nebraska. Add a comment or a question here. As things grow we’ll organize.

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Welcome to Cheer !!

2 comments October 30th, 2006 06:28pm wally.fras

 … the idea is (you got it) to spread some cheer, to lighten you up as well as enlighten you and of course the most important thing is - to entertain ourselves.

Beautiful Nebraska - the song

95 comments September 21st, 2006 09:53pm wally.fras

Lyrics

Beautiful Nebraska, peaceful prairieland,

Laced with many rivers, and the hills of sand;

Dark green valleys cradled in the earth,

Rain and sunshine bring abundant birth.

Chorus:

Beautiful Nebraska, as you look around,

You will find a rainbow reaching to the ground;

All these wonders by the Master’s hand;

Beautiful Nebraska land.

We are so proud of this state where we live,

There is no place that has so much to give.

Chorus:

Beautiful Nebraska, as you look around,

You will find a rainbow reaching to the ground;

All these wonders by the Master’s hand,

Beautiful Nebraska land.