| Defiance, Ohio – Oh, Susquehanna! Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I forgot to talk about Mt. Zion, KY (the other location in the song) The main point brought up in the song is of course, and obviously, Susquehanna. However, Mt. Zion, Kentucky is mentioned in the first half. Mt. Zion, Kentucky is located just over the Ohio River in Kentucky very near Cincinnati. Mt. Zion is FILLED with Midwestern History! Mt. Zion saw the likes of Simon Kenton, Daniel Boone, and even Pretty Boy Floyd, that crazy Robin Hood Archetype thief from early 20th century. Unfortunately, Mt. Zion also has a history of manifest destiny, as does every Midwestern city and town, and is now populated by parking lot, strip malls, and factory housing with nary a memorial to remember the loss these people have suffered. Once 100% of the population, Native Americans now make up 0.06%. What did they do with the bodies? |
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| Defiance, Ohio – Oh, Susquehanna! Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The song actually isn't about Ubran living or once desiring the life of strip malls. If a little research is done, anyone can find out that the song is about a River called Susquehanna that runs down I-88 in Pennsylvania. The Susquehanna was once populated by an Iroquoian tribe called the Susquehannok and also the Lenape. In the late part of the 18th century the Susquehanna was intentionally flooded killing off a major part of theses indigenous people. You can read about it The Pioneers (second book in a four book series about the early history of the midwest). Two centuries later and the history's nearly forgotten by the general public. So what better to find in place of a once great tribe than sweet solace of suburbia. This song is actually about Suburban Blight and Manifest Destiny and how none of the kids currently growing up on the banks of Susquehanna will know of the carnage that once ravished the back yard that mom and dad try so hard to get them to mow before the can be driven to the theater to hang out with the other suburban children. |
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