Posted by GLORIA GREENISH on 11/17/2007, 4:28 am, in reply to "Re: Florida song?I want to wake up in Florida"
BRUCE WILL YOU PLEASE MAKE CONTACT I AM ABOUT TO PUBLISH A BOOK ON YOUR ANCESTOR THOMAS GREENISH PhC 1817-1899's family
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: I grew up in the Panhandle in the
: fifties. We sang this song daily
: (along with others that would result
: in school suspension today). I
: obtained the words by a request to
: the Florida library in Tallahassee.
: Unfortunately I have misplaced the
: lyrics.
:
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: OK, so I am a little late on this
: subject. I too grew up in Miami in
: the 50s and my Mom used to sing us
: the line "where the children
: used to roam". I loved it. I
: always felt something was wrong
: because it didn't rhyme. ANy Idea
: where the Miami varient came from or
: di I have to order the sheet music
: to
: find out?
: --Previous Message--
: Hi!
: I'm not sure if anyone can
: help...but
: I'm trying to find information on
: a song that goes: I want to wake
: up in /Florida where the orange
: blossoms grow... where the sun
: comes peeping into where I'm
: sleeping and the song birds say
: hello...I want to wander through
: the orange groves where the
: children used to roam....and I'll
: make my home in florida, where the
: orange blossoms grow.
: If anyone knows different words or
: who wrote it or when or where I
: could find the sheet music I'd be
: ever so grateful!!
: Thanks!
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