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THE MELUNGEON SONG - Lyrics below
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Melungeon Heritage Association
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"In The Shadows Of The Blue Ridges"-Helen Campbell
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WETS-FM Wayne Winkler
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The Turkish Times
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Barbados, Lila Salazar
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Pow Wow Photos
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Open Directory - Melungeon Page
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Judaculla Rock-Earliest Known Appalachian Writings (Petroglyphs)
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Hancock Co, TN History And Genealogy
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America's Lost People Of Appalachia
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Bev's Shepherds Rest- A Beautiful Inspirational Site
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The Mountain Laurel- Memories From The BlueRidge
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Jennifer's Kentucky Roots
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USGenWeb Native American Resources
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Appalachian Quarterly Magazine
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Cherokee Trails
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Native American Genealogy Links
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Wise County Historical Society
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Portuguese American Historical Research Foundation
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Hillman Library-Native American Wing
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First Union Revisited
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** No part of the copyrighted material below may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted
in any form, or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
"THE MELUNGEON SONG"
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Hear their cries...high in
Virginia
On Newman's Ridge in Tennesee
Through the backwoods of Kentucky
Their souls are lingering
Crying out for vengeance
For the sake of all their names
They were stripped of all possessions
And made to live in shame
ONCE THEY STOOD WITH HEADS HELD HIGH
ON FERTILE ROLLING FIELDS
A PEOPLE CALLED MELUNGEONS
NOW LOST WITHIN THESE HILLS
Listen...HIGH ATOP THE RIDGES
AND IN THE VALLEYS THEY CALLED HOME
AS THE WIND BLOWS
YOU CAN HEAR THEIR LONESOME SONG
Most are all forgotten now
Just tales from long ago
Of quite and kindred spirits
that the textbooks never show
Some called them mountain rebels
We know not from where they came
Time erased the truth
But it wont erase their pain
ONCE THEY STOOD WITH HEADS HELD HIGH
ON FERTILE ROLLING HILLS
A PEOPLE CALLED MELUNGEONS
NOW LOST WITHIN THESE HILLS
Listen...HIGH ATOP THE RIDGES
AND IN THE VALLEYS THEY CALLED HOME
AS THE WIND BLOWS
YOU CAN HEAR THEIR LONESOME SONG
AS THE WIND BLOWS...
YOU CAN HEAR THEIR LONESOME SONG
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** The Melungeon Song © 1998 Donna & Jimmy Porter
** No part of the copyrighted material above may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted
in any form, or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
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