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minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53arrow-down1·1 year agoAlmost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, growin’ like a breeze
minus-squarePoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year agoNever thought about the song that way… Wow.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoLOVE this song, got it in a couple of lists. Never understood that lyric. Mr. Denver was ahead of us all.
minus-squareCodeInvasion@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoHe was also singing about Western Virginia, and not West Virginia because the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge mountains are both in Virginia.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI always wanted to hear the original version where he sings about how they strip mined all of that away for the coal and it now looks like something out of Mad Max.
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin’ like a breeze
Never thought about the song that way…
Wow.
LOVE this song, got it in a couple of lists. Never understood that lyric. Mr. Denver was ahead of us all.
He was also singing about Western Virginia, and not West Virginia because the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge mountains are both in Virginia.
I always wanted to hear the original version where he sings about how they strip mined all of that away for the coal and it now looks like something out of Mad Max.