(1.1) "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues and North Georgia Pines" (THE SONG)
"Blue Ridge Mountain Blues and North Georgia Pines"
THE SONG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2py6MyyFVf4&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZC4ApVVnRw
"BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BLUES AND NORTH GEORGIA PINES"
By Ocklawahaman Paul Nosca
19 April 2014
I've got the Blue Ridge Mountain blues
And North Georgia pines
Up from Dahlonega hillbilly time
A head-full of Chattahoochee forest dreams
Southern-fried trout from cold-water streams
On that ridge-top hiking the Appalachian Trail
At the end of my line a golden Rooster-Tail
In the riffles, runs, pools, and falling flows
Chasing speckled browns and tasty rainbows
I've got the Blue Ridge Mountain blues
And North Georgia pines
Up from Dahlonega hillbilly time
A head-full of Chattahoochee forest dreams
Southern-fried trout from cold-water streams
Broiled on a campfire wrapped in foil
Or browned in a frying pan of peanut oil
Fork that meat off the bone sizzling hot
Beans, greens, and taters waiting in that pot
I've got the Blue Ridge Mountain blues
And North Georgia pines
Up from Dahlonega hillbilly time
A head-full of Chattahoochee forest dreams
Southern-fried trout from cold-water streams
Cohutta, Conasauga, Chattooga, Chestatee
Breakfast spam and eggs, mountain coffee
Another day for fishing, grab the the rod and reel
Walking up a falling creek, adding trout to the creel
I've got the Blue Ridge Mountain blues
And North Georgia pines
Up from Dahlonega hillbilly time
A head-full of Chattahoochee forest dreams
Southern-fried trout from cold-water streams
Yea, I've got those Blue Ridge Mountain blues
And North Georgia pines
A US Army veteran and lifetime outdoorsman, Ocklawahaman Paul Nosca is an accomplished stream angler who has caught nine different varieties of bass plus three different species of cold-water trout along with many other fishes from the flowing fresh-waters of several Southern states. His outdoor interests include river-bass and stream-trout fishing, canoeing, hiking, exploring, ecology research, camping, firearms and hunting. He usually practices those pursuits in or along the Ocklawaha River basin of north-central Florida--but his higher cathedral for worship has always been the Blue Ridge Mountains!
"There are lake fishermen, and there are river fishermen, and seldom do the twain agree!" - Author unknown.
"Walking up a falling creek, adding trout to the creel!" - Ocklawahaman Paul Nosca.
"I ain't seen it all but it's plain to see, I just might be an endangered species!" - Waylon Jennings.
"We used to joke that being in the Army was not a matter of life and death. It's more important than that!" - Alan Caldwell, Lt. Col., MPC, United States Army.
NOTE:
The driving mileage from Eureka, Florida to the Blue Ridge Mountains of north-eastern Georgia is about 450 to 500 miles.
Webpage Created: 29 April 2014
Last Revised: 29 September 2020
Email: ocklawahaman1@gmail.com
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