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Words and Music Copyright © ℗ 2022 by Scott Richard Cooley
They moved from Kentucky up to Burton
For them high-payin' shop rat jobs
They had to get used to bein' called hillbillies
Never hung around those Grand Blanc snobs
They moved from Kentucky up to Burton
Took the highway to Flint after the war
When the strikes shut down all the coal mines
They went to GM to get a foot in the door
Like Snuffy Smith in the funny papers
Like Jed Clampett on the TV
Like Fred Flintstone when the whistle would blow
Hollerin' yabba, dabba, do! We're finally free
They moved from Kentucky up to Burton
Generous Motors even helped 'em find shelter
Thought they were less likely to unionize
But the southerners they all stuck together
Like Snuffy Smith in the funny papers
Like Jed Clampett on the TV
Like Fred Flintstone when the whistle would blow
Hollerin' yabba, dabba, do! We're livin' the dream
They moved from Kentucky up to Burton
Can't drink the water now and it's lost its charm
Their jobs were all given to China and Mexico
They'd be better off back home down on the farm
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My first stab at writing and recording with a mandolin. I borrowed my friend's, and it was too small and cramped for my fat fingers. Looked up how to tune it and play chords on the web, then just figured it out. The sound is cool and the soloing was fun, but some chords are downright impossible to play. I recorded two other songs with it, then decided it's not a good instrument for me, and gave it back to my friend Rich. He doesn't play it much either. I'd rather play a ukulele any day because the strings are loose and way easier to play.
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