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1. "Song, song of the south
___ pie and I shut my mouth"
What Southern edible specialty does the singer reminisce about?
2. "Gone, gone with the wind
There ain't nobody ___"
The first lyric is a throwback to Margaret Mitchell's famous novel "Gone With the Wind". According to the singer, however, what is it that nobody is doing now?
3. "Cotton on the roadside, cotton in the ditch
We all picked the cotton but we never got ___"
What is the missing line?
4. "Daddy was a veteran, a Southern ____
They oughta get a rich man to vote like that"
What was Daddy's political affiliation?
5. "Well somebody told us ___ fell
But we were so poor that we couldn't tell"
What entity collapsed?
6. "Cotton was short and the weeds were ___"
How does the singer describe the troublesome plants?
7. "But Mr. ___'s a gonna save us all"
Which world leader was going to rescue them?
8. "Well Mama got sick and daddy got down.
The county got the ___ and they moved to town"
What did the county take from this destitute family?
9. "Papa got a job with the TVA
He bought a ___ and then a Chevrolet"
What did the newly enfranchised Papa purchase?
10. Where did the song's writer, scholarly Bob McDill, find his inspiration for "Song of the South"?
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