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Apalachicola Doin' Time

By Dale Crider
 
 

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Lyrics:

When she leaves the dam at Chattahoochee
Winding in a southern flow
Easy on her way -- another night and day
She'll finally reach the Gulf of Mexico

Apalachicola River Water
In veins of our land
Alligators in her swampy borders
Are a part of nature's plan
Give the word to protect her
Call the technical sector
Soften up the cry to drain the swampland dry
Apalachicola let her wind
Apalachicola strong in mind
Apalachicola flowin' fine--Lord
Apalachicola doin' time

So as we turn the page of natural history
She's windin' in a southern flow
Nursin' in her waves
The oysters in the bays
This is just a part of nature's role
(Chorus)

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Apalachicola Doin' Time is the title of a song written by Dale Crider and the title of a Radio WUFT, Gainesville, FL Documentary
(Producer, Donna Green Townsend)

The documentary is an audio journey to the community at the end of the drainpipe so to speak -- Apalachicola: a Florida seafood community that worries about being at the mercy of its northern water using neighbors.


Apalachicola Doin' Time
WUFT Documentary

Dale's song, written thirty
years ago, was the inspiration for the documentary by the same name. The documentary won a National Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio and Television News Directors Association in 2000 in the radio documentary category. Judges said it was not only informative, but "entertaining" which is a credit to the music in the documentary.

 



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