Lyr Add: Oregon (Tucker Zimmerman)

11 Feb 00 - 07:49 PM (#176894)
Subject: Lyr Add: OREGON (Tucker Zimmerman)^^
From: Stewie

Here's a fine song that is not in the DT.

OREGON
(Tucker Zimmerman)

They crossed the Atlantic Ocean
Their boats were made of wood
They landed on the eastern shore
And found the land was good
Most of them settled down

The others pushed on across the Appalachians
Into the wilderness
Some in wagons, some on foot
And horses for the rest
Yes some got left behind

The others pushed on across the Mississippi
About a mile wide
To face the great plains' thirst and hunger
Many many died
Yes some got left behind

The others pushed on across the Rocky Mountains
The salt flats of Utah
The waste lands of Nevada
And the high Sierra saw
That some got left behind

The others pushed on into California
Those men who knew no rest
The Pacific Ocean stopped
Their restless movement west
Most of them settled down

The others turned around
[instrumental break]
Some turned to the South down to Mexico
But the people of whose blood I am
They said we'll go and settle Oregon
The people I come from they settled Oregon
The people I come from

Source: As recorded by Derroll Adams 'Songs of the Banjoman' Wundertute TUT 72.175.
PS.

Does anyone know where I can obtain any recordings of Tucker Zimmerman?

Stewie.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCD6ZmJ6YpM

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12 Feb 00 - 05:51 PM (#177294)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Oregon
From: wysiwyg

Did I see the name of Tucker Zimmerman mentioned in another thread recently?

I liked this, thanks for sharing it.

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12 Feb 00 - 06:16 PM (#177308)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Oregon
From: Susanne (skw)

The notes on the CD of Derroll Adams' 65th Birthday Concert say it was written specially for him by Zimmerman. - Susanne

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28 Sep 21 - 09:29 PM (#4121257)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Oregon (Tucker Zimmerman)
From: Joe Offer

Wendy Grossman sings this wonderfully. Here's a recording of this song by Derroll Adams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCD6ZmJ6YpM

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