[Vision2020] Idaho

[Tom Hansen]

Very good, Don.  

In keepinig . . .

Here is a song I heard on a Public Television program that I merged with 
some photos I took last summer while meandering everywhere from Dixie, 
Idaho to Avery, Idaho to Murray, Idaho.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzpIii4Zkzs

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho


> 
> Thanks for sharing! These Josh Ritter lyrics reminded me of a song my
grand> father wrote around 1940 or before, I guess, so I decided to share 
it
here.>   Hoping the Windows Media audio attachment makes it past the 
scrubber but
> if it don't, ask me off list and I'll send it.  I do have an mp3 version
on>  my other 'putin device.The Hills of Idaho-Composed by Donald Oliver
Edward> s-sung by Milo Bickmore Where the sun shines on the mountains of
IdahoWhere>  the sun shines on the mountains that's where I gotta goYou 
can see the
dee> r a'runningYou can hear the bees a'hummingIn the Hills of Idaho Where 
the
s> un shines on the mountains of IdahoI can here those mountainsCalling me
bac> k, I knowThat I will see my dad againMy heart will feel so glad 
againIn
the>  hills of Idaho Where the sun shines on the mountains of IdahoWhere 
the
sun>  shines on the mountainsThat I love soYou can feel the soft breeze
flowin'Y> ou can here the cattle mowin' (?)In the hills of Idaho Where the 
sun
shines>  on the mountains Of IdahoYou can here the birds a'singingsoftly 
so (?)I
ca> n see my home againAnd I'll never roam againFrom the Hills of Idaho  
'Idah> o' by Josh Ritter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ncRIMBwo_0 All 
that
lov> e all those mistakes What else can a poor man make? So I gave up a 
life of
> crime I gave it to a friend of mine  Something else was on my mind The
only>  ghost I'm haunted by I hear her howling down below Idaho oh 
IdahoWolves
oh>  wolves oh can't you see? Ain't no wolf can sing like me And if it 
could
th> en I suppose He belongs in Idaho Packs of dogs and cigarettes For those
who>  ain't done packing yet My clothes are packed and I want to go Idaho 
oh
Ida> hoOut at sea for seven years I got your letter in Tangier Thought 
that I'd
> been on a boat Til that single word you wrote  That single word it
landlock> ed me Turned the masts to cedar trees And the winds to gravel 
roads Idaho
o> h Idaho   
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