Post a Song About Your State (Or That Mentions Your State)

[SweetSue92]

Post a song you love about your state, or that mentions your state!

Simon and Garfunkel is always great. I love this line from "America": "Michigan seems like a dream to me now....." Me too, even though I'm still here. Sometimes it seems like a nightmare, as in when it's still snowing....in mid-April. Or on Halloween.

 

[SweetSue92]

Michigan Morn by H. Owen Reed from the opera "Peter Homan's Dream". Should be our state song to be honest. Beautiful.

Lyrics:

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  There is gold in the eye of the morning, in Michigan where I was born;
  There is gold in the sky and the lakes and the trees;
  For a man with a will to believe what he sees;
  There is gold in the eye of the morn.
  
  There is gold in the sound of the morning, in Michigan where I was born;
  There is gold in the song and wherever it rings,
  The land where I stand shines with fine golden things;
  There is gold in the sound of the morn.
  
  There is gold in the touch of the morning, in Michigan where I was born;
  There is gold in the seed as it flows from my hand,
  In the honey and milk and the fruit of my land;
  There is gold in the touch of the morn.
  
  There is gold in the heart of the morning, in Michigan where I was born;
  There is gold in the smile of wild roses that grow
  At the roadside where I and my true lover go;
  There is gold in the heart of the morn;
  There is gold in the eye and the sound and the touch,
  And the heart of a Michigan morn.

 

[Tehon]

 

[buttercup]

 

[Nosmo King]

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

 

[Ridgerunner]

Mary Jane’s Last Dance
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

She grew up in an Indiana town
Had a good lookin' mama who never was around
But she grew up tall and she grew up right
With them Indiana boys on them Indiana nights
Well, she moved down here at the age of eighteen
She blew the boys away, was more than they'd seen
I was introduced and we both started groovin'
She said, "I dig you baby, but I got to keep movin' on
Keep movin' on"

 

[SweetSue92]

Man some of those outfits are so funny....great song though!

 

[SweetSue92]

My sister went to Kent State, but in the early 90s. Still fresh enough that everyone still thought about that when she mentioned it though

 

[SweetSue92]

Hubby is a big country fan but I don't follow it like he does. He has a very nice voice. I'll keep up with him!

 

[WheelieAddict]

Downstate:

Upstate:

 

[P F Tinmore]

 

[strollingbones]

Headed down south to the land of the pines
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
Starin' up the road
Pray to God I see headlights
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
I can see my baby tonight

 

[Marion Morrison]

Fun fact: If blacks made it south of St.Johns river, they were treated as free men in FL. Suwanee is way S. of St. Johns.

 

[SweetSue92]

Headed down south to the land of the pines
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
Starin' up the road
Pray to God I see headlights
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
I can see my baby tonight

Banjos and stand-up bass. Nice.

 

[SweetSue92]

Fun fact: If blacks made it south of St.Johns river, they were treated as free men in FL. Suwanee is way S. of St. Johns.

Did not know that about FL and slaves, MM. Good info. Thanks!

 

[gtopa1]

Man some of those outfits are so funny....great song though!

Ahem: they were my generation's style where I lived. Near the beach. Saw them in 2015 at Bribie Island.

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Greg

 

[SweetSue92]

Okay we all know this song about the "city boy raised in South Detroit"....my students LOVE this song although, for obvious reasons, I don't teach it to them. They find it on their own. And know EVERY word. heh

 

[strollingbones]

get out....florida used black infants for gator bait....

btw i have no clue if that is true but historical evidence says it is...

How Black Babies Were Used as Alligator Bait in Florida

 

[gtopa1]

The towns mentioned, and the pub, are in North Queensland.



Greg