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Detroit City

Bobby Bare - Detroit City Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City,and I dreamed about those cotton fields at home.I dreamed about my mother,dear old Papa, Sister and brother,I dreamed about that girlwho's been waiting for so long.I wanna go home, I wanna go home,oh, how I wanna go home!Home, folks think I'm…
 

Mississippi Delta

  Helen Reddy - Delta Down Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have onCould it be a faded rose from days gone byAnd did I hear you say he was a-meetin' you here todayTo take you to his mansion in the sky-eyeShe's forty-one and her daddy still calls 'er "baby"All the folks 'round Brownsville say she's…
 

Paper Lace

http://meet.msvoice.com/america101/data4/illinois.asfPaper Lace - The night Chicago died  Daddy was a cop on the east side of ChicagoBack in the U.S.A. back in the bad old daysIn the heat of a summer nightIn the land of the dollar billWhen the town of Chicago diedAnd they talk about it stillWhen a man named Al CaponeTried to make…
 

Iowa

http://meet.msvoice.com/america101/data4/iowa.asfGreg Brown - The Iowa waltzHome in the midst of the corn, The middle of the U.S.A. Here's where I was born, And here's where I'm goin' to stay. [chorus:]Iowa, Iowa, Winter, spring, summer and fall. Come and see, come dance with me, To the beautiful Iowa Waltz. We take care of our own, take…
 

Dallas

Alan Jackson - DallasDallas packed her suitcaseAnd drove off in the brand new car I bought herShe made leaving me look easyI wish she'd made it look a little harderI took her out of TexasWhen she was just a girlBut old Tennessee and meCouldn't take Texas out of herOn how I wish Dallas was in…
 

Spanish Harlem-(Upper Manhattan)

http://kola.cc.columbia.edu:8080/ramgen/music/humanities/ferguson/tape7/ex39.rmBen E. King - Spanish HarlemThere is a rose in Spanish Harlem A red rose up in Spanish Harlem It is a special one, it's never seen the sun It only comes out when the moon is on the run And all the stars are gleaming It's growing in the street right up through the…
 

Surf

http://kola.cc.columbia.edu:8080/ramgen/music/humanities/ferguson/tape11/ex19.rmBeach-Boys -  Surfin' USA If everybody had an oceanAcross the u.s.a.Then everybody’d be surfin’Like californi-aYou’d seem ’em wearing their baggiesHuarachi sandals tooA bushy bushy blonde hairdoSurfin’ u.s.a.You’d catch ’em surfin’ at del marVentura county lineSanta cruz and trestleAustralia’s narabineAll over manhattanAnd down doheny wayEverybody’s gone surfin’Surfin’ u.s.a.We’ll all be planning that routeWe’re gonna take real soonWe’re…
 

Clarksville, Ohio

http://kola.cc.columbia.edu:8080/ramgen/music/humanities/ferguson/tape12/ex42.rmMonkees - Last train to Clarksville Take the last train to clarksville,And I’ll meet you at the station.You can be be there by four thirty,’cause I made your reservation.Don’t be slow, oh, no, no, no!Oh, no, no, no!’cause I’m leavin’ in the morningAnd I must see you againWe’ll have one more night together’til the morning brings…
 

A Country road

 James Taylor - Country Road Take to the highway won't you lend me your nameYour way and my way seem to be one and the sameMamma don't understand itShe wants to know where I've beenI'd have to be some kind of natural born fool To want to pass that way againBut you know I could feel…
 

Depot - Old Frisco Railway

http://kola.cc.columbia.edu:8080/ramgen/music/humanities/ferguson/tape13/ex12.rmJohn Hammond - Mean Old FriscoThat mean ole, mean ole FriscoAnd that long train, the Santa FeThat mean ole, mean ole FriscoAnd that long train, the Santa FeYes, they've taken my baby awayAnd they blew back after meI ain't got no, I ain't got nobody hereI ain't got no, I ain't got nobody hereWell, if…
 

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