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Cullowhee
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A song about the 'Trail of Tears' and it's effect on the Cherokee nation.
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acoustic blues, electric blues, singer-songwriter, fingerpicking, original songs,
Dick Deluxe-singer, songwriter, blues guitar whiz-frontman of a Revue and also a solo performer. One of the founders of the Clubfoot Orchestra and have also played with artists such as Steve Miller, Vassar Clements, Snakefinger, Cleanhead Vinson and virtually all of the vintage Oakland blues artists of the past 30 years.
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Genre
Country • Alternative Country
Charts
#6,207 today Peak #199
#999 in subgenre Peak #32
Author
Dick Deluxe
Rights
Richard Egner, BMI
Uploaded
May 16, 2007
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MP3 2.9 MB • 64 kbps • 6:14
Story behind the song
A story song about the ill advised forced movement of the Cherokee people in the 19th century.
Lyrics
Cullowhee Words and music Dick Deluxe In the valley of the lilies Honey locust grows The hoeland of a people The little Tennessee flows Before the crossing of the ocean Native people shared their wealth The bounty seemed endless With balance came good health Knowing fully Thankful always Cullowhee Cullowhee With the coming of the strangers The end of loving trust Factions fought among each other Handshakes turned to dust Retreat the only option A trail of tears was marched A mountain valley paradise Traded for a land dry and parched Drained and weary Remembering clearly Cullowhee Cullowhee Cullowhee Land of the Cherokee Bear, deer and duck In one generation Completely out of luck Drained and weary remembering clearly Cullowhee Cullowhee Far away the memory lingers Of land lush and wer Filtered by generations Haunted, tainted but yet In the twilight of relfection No justice to this day The pull of nature’s forces Helps preserve a people’s ways Holding steady Ever ready Cullowhee Cullowhee
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