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Thanks for sharing! These Josh Ritter lyrics reminded me of a song my grandfather 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.<BR><BR>The Hills of Idaho-Composed by Donald Oliver Edwards-sung by Milo Bickmore<BR> <BR>Where the sun shines on the mountains <BR>of Idaho<BR>Where the sun shines on the mountains <BR>that's where I gotta go<BR>You can see the deer a'running<BR>You can hear the bees a'humming<BR>In the Hills of Idaho<BR> <BR>Where the sun shines on the mountains <BR>of Idaho<BR>I can here those mountains<BR>Calling me back, I know<BR>That I will see my dad again<BR>My heart will feel so glad again<BR>In the hills of Idaho<BR> <BR>Where the sun shines on the mountains <BR>of Idaho<BR>Where the sun shines on the mountains<BR>That I love so<BR>You can feel the soft breeze flowin'<BR>You can here the cattle mowin' (?)<BR>In the hills of Idaho<BR> <BR>Where the sun shines on the mountains <BR>Of Idaho<BR>You can here the birds a'singing<BR>softly so (?)<BR>I can see my home again<BR>And I'll never roam again<BR>From the Hills of Idaho<BR> <BR> <BR><BR> 'Idaho' by Josh Ritter<BR> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ncRIMBwo_0<BR> <BR>All that love all those mistakes<BR> What else can a poor man make? <BR>So I gave up a life of crime <BR>I gave it to a friend of mine <BR> <BR>Something else was on my mind <BR>The only ghost I'm haunted by <BR>I hear her howling down below <BR>Idaho oh IdahoWolves oh wolves oh can't you see? <BR>Ain't no wolf can sing like me <BR>And if it could then I suppose <BR>He belongs in Idaho<BR> <BR>Packs of dogs and cigarettes <BR>For those who ain't done packing yet <BR>My clothes are packed and I want to go <BR>Idaho oh IdahoOut at sea for seven years <BR>I got your letter in Tangier <BR>Thought that I'd been on a boat <BR>Til that single word you wrote <BR> <BR>That single word it landlocked me <BR>Turned the masts to cedar trees <BR>And the winds to gravel roads <BR>Idaho oh Idaho <BR> <BR> <BR><BR><br /><hr />E-mail for the greater good. <a href='http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ GreaterGood' target='_new'>Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft.</a></body>
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