Damn I hurt. "And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County"

[Botany]

I went to school in S.E. OH and studied the coal fields and what they did and John touched me.


I know John has had his health issues but this just stings. I went to school S.E. OH
aka Appalachia and John's music touched me.

"And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the green river where paradise lay?"
"Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away"

skip

When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. He had a way with words....very much like the late, great Steve Goodman. nt

[luvs2sing]

2. I hear ya.

My roots run deep on SE Ohio. Pike, Ross, Guernsey, Muskingum, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Washington counties. This song speaks to my ancestors.

[Me.]

3. Given The Change Less Pollution Is Having

it probably looks as beautiful as pictured

[Talitha]

4. My local NPR station just re-ran an old program

interviewing him and playing clips of his songs. Too bad I tuned in late, but what I managed to catch was pure gold.

[BadGimp]

5. Thank you for the wonderful post!

He may have passed, but his music lives on, more so tonight than before.