A New Song For Florida?
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SAY IT ISN'T SO! The leaders in Florida are going to replace the Florida State Song "OLD FOLKS AT HOME" with an antiquated, boring and rather tone-deaf one. The state of Florida will now be known for it's poor taste in music as well as being the crummy culprit who helped put one, GEORGE W BUSH into The Presidential Oval Office of the USA. thinkingblue
Old Folks at Home, Ethiopian Melody
As Sung by Christy's Minstrels,
Written and Composed by E. P. Christy.
(New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 1851)
Way down upon de Swanee ribber,
Far, far away,
Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber,
Dere's wha de old folks stay.
All up and down de whole creation,
Sadly I roam,
Still longing for de old plantation,
And for de old folks at home.
All de world am sad and dreary,
Ebry where I roam,
Oh! darkeys how my heart grows weary,
Far from de old folks at home.
All round de little farm I wander'd
When I was young,
Den many happy days I squander'd,
Many de songs I sung.
When I was playing wid my brudder,
Happy was I,
Oh! take me to my kind old mudder,
Dere let me live and die.
All de world am sad and dreary,
Ebry where I roam,
Oh! darkeys how my heart grows weary,
Far from de old folks at home.
One little hut among de bushes,
One dat I love,
Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes,
No matter where I rove.
When will I see de bees a humming,
All round de comb?
When will I hear de banjo tumming,
Down in my good ole home?
All de world am sad and dreary,
Ebry where I roam,
Oh! darkeys how my heart grows weary,
Far from de old folks at home.
HEAR THE NEW SONGS BEING CONSIDERED FOR FLORIDA
Florida - Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky - Hinton
Perhaps, the "Old Folks At Home" song
should be replaced because it was not very realistic to imagine a victim of slavery, singing about the happy days of his childhood, down on the "Good Ole Plantation"... But please, couldn't they find a more upbeat replacement: I guess, considering the single-mindedness of those in High Places, there in the Sunshine State...
I Guess Not!!! thinkingblue
IF YOU BELIEVE ONE OF THESE OUTDATED, SILLY SONGS, SHOULD WIN AND BECOME FLORIDA'S STATE SONG - CLICK HERE TO VOTE
WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK THE TEMPTATIONS WHAT THE NEW SONG OF FLORIDA SHOULD BE? IF THEY HAD, THE STATE SONG WOULD HAVE BEEN "SWANEE, HOW I LOVE YA,HOW I LOVE YA, MY DEAR OLE SWANEE"
posted by thinkingblue at 2:26 PM
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