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There's so much more to Florida other than Disney World, Palm Trees, tourists and "recounts"! (smile) I grew up in a different environment here with some wonderful memories of woods, water, gators and beautiful live oaks with Spanish moss gently swaying from the limbs in the sub-tropical breezes.
It would take too many pages to share all of my Florida with you, but I would like to share just a little. Below are a few pages I've created to give you a little insight into the Florida I grew up in and love.
Florida, My Florida
Written by Rev Dr. C. V. Waugh
Land of my birth, bright sunkissed land,
Florida, my Florida.
Laded by the Gulf and Ocean grand,
Florida, my Florida.
Of all the States in East or West,
Unto my heart thou art the best
Here may I live, here may I rest
Florida, my Florida.
The golden fruit the world outshines
Florida, my Florida,
Thy gardens and thy phosphate mines,
Florida, my Florida,
In country, town, or hills and dells,
Florida, my Florida,
The rythmic chimes of the school bells
Florida, my Florida,
Will call thy children day by day
To learn to walk the patriot's way
Firmly to stand for thee for aye
Florida, my Florida.
Yield their rich store of good supply,
To still the voice of hunger's cry
For thee we'll live, for thee we'll die
Florida, my Florida.
(Before "Suwanee River" (Old Folks at Home), there was another state song, "Florida, My Florida," adopted in the 1913 Legislature. Written in 1894 by Rev Dr. C. V. Waugh, a professor of languages at the Florida Agricultural College at Lake City, FL.)
| Florida the Beautiful | Florida, My Florida | Florida in the War Between the States |
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| The Suwannee River | Florida Sunsets | Florida's Critters |
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