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Appalachia
Emily Scott Robinson
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Oh, my heart for Appalachia
Oh, my heart for these blue hills
Oh, my heart forever captured, beating still
Many nights I lay here sleepless
Many nights I watch the stars
Many nights I make my way home from afar
Oh, my heart swept down the river
And though it all be washed away
It's not the first time I've had nothing or knelt to pray
My people came from pain and famine
A hundred days on a dark sea
Do you think I'd let some wind and water tear the roots from me?
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Friend, come inside for a cup of coffee
Come inside for a dry bed
Come inside and let me feed you, rest your weary head
These mountains stood before we found them
And they'll outlast our children, too
I promise spring will paint the hills in mountain laurel blooms
Mend our hearts and mend the harrow
Clear the barn and sweep the floors
Light the lanterns, tune up the fiddle, swing wide the doors
And we will dance with all our sorrows
We will sing through all our tears
We'll tuck our babies into their beds and hope for better years
We'll tuck our babies into their beds and hope for better years
Oh, my heart for Appalachia
Oh, my heart for these blue hills
Oh, my heart forever captured, beating still
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