A song I wrote in 2014 about my hometown area of North Carolina.
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I was born in the black water swamps of down east Caroline
It might not be for everyone but it suits me just fine
Spanish moss and Cypress knees ... white oak and long leaf pine
It might not be your cup of tea but it's dam sure mine
I'm down east North Carolina proud
I'm down east North Carolina proud
corn fields and swamps far away from the big city crowd
I'm North Carolina born and down east proud!
I'm North Carolina born and down east proud!
The striper and the blue crab call these waters their home
a place where whitetail deer and the old black bear still roam
The big waters of the Albemarle where the North Easter blows
on down to the Pamlico where the Oregon Inlet flows
I'm down east North Carolina proud
I'm down east North Carolina proud
corn fields and swamps far away from the big city crowd
I'm down east North Carolina proud
I'm down east North Carolina proud
corn fields and swamps far away from the big city crowd
I'm North Carolina born and down east proud!
I'm North Carolina born and down east proud!
Fishing, logging, and farming is everybody's trade
we don't have much money but we dam sure got it made
The Roanoke and the Scuppernong, catfish on a trot line
It might not be for everyone but I damn sure call it mine
I'm down east North Carolina proud
I'm down east North Carolina proud
corn fields and swamps far away from the big city crowd
I'm down east North Carolina proud
I'm down east North Carolina proud
corn fields and swamps far away from the big city crowd
I'm North Carolina born and down east proud!
I'm North Carolina born and down east proud!
Crabbers and fishermen tending their pots and nets
If you want an office with a view that's as good as it gets
Farmers digging taters … picking beans and picking corn
They're proud of what they do and proud of where they're born
I'm down east North Carolina proud
I'm down east North Carolina proud
corn fields and swamps far away from the big city crowd
I'm down east North Carolina proud
I'm down east North Carolina proud
corn fields and swamps far away from the big city crowd
I'm North Carolina born and down east proud!
I'm North Carolina born and down east proud!
I'm North Carolina born and down east proud!