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My momma's folks came down from North
Carolina
When the Civil War was years from being waged
My Daddy's dad was born bout twelve years after Appomattox
Just outside a' White Springs is today.
Yeah they came from Carolina and from
Georgia
From Alabama and from God knows where
But they built their houses in this territory
And for generations breathed its salty air.
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And my family tree stands tall
Where the St. Johns crawls and the Suwannee winds
And my family tree has roots in this land
And my family tree
is a longleaf pine.
I was born along the banks of that big
river
That flows right through the heart of Jacksonville
I've never really lived very far from it
And I swear to God I prob'ly never will.
My son has ridden boats upon that water
And learned the fish it holds beneath its waves
He loves it and he's written songs about it
And I know he'll take his own kid there one day.
Chorus
Instrumental
Yeah we came from Carolina and from Georgia
From Alabama and from God knows where
We raised our families in this territory
And for generations breathed its salty air.
Copyright 2007 Mark Andrew Smith
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