Sunday, May 9, 2010

John Anderson: Seminole wind

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  1. Ever since the days of old
    Men would search for wealth untold
    They'd dig for silver and for gold
    And leave the empty holes
    And way down south in the Everglades
    Where the black water rolls and the saw grass waves
    The eagles fly and the otters play
    In the land of the Seminole.

    So blow, blow Seminole wind
    Blow like you're never gonna blow again
    I'm callin' to you like a long lost friend
    But I don't know who you are
    And blow, blow from the Okeechobee
    All the way up to Micanopy
    Blow 'cross the home of the Seminoles
    The alligators and the garr.

    Progress came and took its toll
    And in the name of flood control
    They made their plans and they drained the land
    Now the glades are goin' dry
    And the last time I walked in the swamp
    I sat upon a cypress stump
    I listened close and I heard the ghost
    of Osceola cry.

    So blow, blow Seminole wind
    Blow like you're never gonna blow again
    I'm callin' to you like a long lost friend
    But I don't know who you are
    And blow, blow from the Okeechobee
    All the way up to Micanopy
    Blow 'cross the home of the Seminoles
    The alligators and the garr.

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