SEMINOLE WIND
BY: JOHN ANDERSON
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EVER SINCE THE DAYS OF OLD
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MEN HAVE SEARCHED FOR WEALTH UNTOLD
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THEY'D DIG FOR SILVER AND FOR GOLD
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AND LEAVE THE EMPTY HOLES
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AND WAY DOWN SOUTH IN THE EVERGLADES
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WHERE THE BLACK WATER ROLLS AND THE SAW GRASS SWAYS
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THE EAGLES FLY AND THE OTTERS PLAY
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IN THE LAND OF THE SEMINOLE
(CHORUS)
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SO BLOW BLOW SEMINOLE WIND
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BLOW LIKE YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BLOW AGAIN
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I'M CALLIN' TO YOU LIKE A LONG LOST FRIEND
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BUT I KNOW WHO YOU ARE
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AND BLOW BLOW FROM THE OKEECHOBEE
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ALL THE WAY UP TO MICANOPY
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BLOW ACROSS THE HOME OF THE SEMINOLE
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THE ALIGATOR AND THE GAR
(END CHORUS)
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PROGRESS CAME AND TOOK IT'S TOLL
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AND IN THE NAME OF FLOOD CONTROL
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THEY MADE THEIR PLANS AND THEY DRAINED THE LAND
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NOW THE GLADES ARE GOIN' DRY
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AND THE LAST TIME I WALKED IN THE SWAMP
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I SAT UP ON A CYPRESS STUMP
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I LISTENED CLOSE AND I HEARD THE GHOST OF OSCEOLA CRY
(REPEAT CHORUS)
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